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Question 981

waec 2006

Pick the odd item from the options listed below.

ARomance

BNovel

CShort Story

DSonnet

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Question 982

waec 2006

''I don't fancy forbidden fruits of fashions and fads'' illustrates

Arefrain

Brepetition

Cassonance

Dalliteration

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Question 983

waec 2006

The dominant device used in drama is

Astage direction

Bdialogue

Ccharacterisation

Dsolioquy

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Question 984

waec 2006

''Friendship is a sheltering tree'' illustrates

Asimile

Bmetaphor

Cpersonification

Doxymoron

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Question 985

waec 2006

A pair of rhymed iambic pentametre lines is a

Atercet

Bheroic couplet

Csestet

Dblank verse

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Question 986

waec 2006

The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is

Agenre

Bverse

Cdiction

Dstyle

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Question 987

waec 2006

Pick the odd item from the options listed below.

AEuphemism

BOxymoron

CHyperbole

DRhythm

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Question 988

waec 2006

A poem with fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentrametre is

Aan epic

Ba sonnet

Ca quatrain

Dan octave

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Question 989

waec 2006

A metrical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables illustrates the

Aiambus

Banapaest

Cdactil

Dtrochee

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Question 990

waec 2006

A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work is the

Aplot

Bconflict

Cclimax

Ddenouement

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Question 991

waec 2006

A humorous imitation of a serious literary work is

Aan ode

Ba parody

Can epitaph

Da burlesque

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Question 992

waec 2006

The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a

Acouplet

Bmetre

Cconsonance

Dscansion

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Question 993

waec 2006

A line of poetry is measured by the

Anumber of words

Bnumber of feet it contains

Cimages

Drhythm

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Question 994

waec 2006

''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates

Ametaphor

Bapostrophe

Coxymoron

Dmetonymy

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Question 995

waec 2006

The elegy

Aconforms to a fixed pattern of lines

Bis set in the countryside

Chas a mournful tone

Dcelebrates heroic deeds

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Question 996

waec 2006

The limerick

Ais written to be sung

Bhas a serious subject matter

Cis always light and humorous

Duses lofty language

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Question 997

waec 2006

Unrhymed iambic pentametre lines illustrate a

Arhyme scheme

Bheroic couplet

Cblank verse

Dfree verse

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Question 998

waec 2006

A pause within a line of a poem is a

Azeugma

Bfoot

Ccaesura

Dstress

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Question 999

waec 2006

''....the dragon-fly
hangs like a blue thread
losened from the sky...'' illustrates

Asimile

Blitotes

Ccontrast

Dmetaphor

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Question 1000

jamb 2006

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

Keats' on the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

Aromantic

Bmedieval

Cmetaphysical

Dplatonic

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