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'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'
Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is
Ametaphor
Bsimile
Cpersonification
Dhyperbole
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Question 2
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He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of
Aepigram
Boxymoron
Ceuphemism
Dantithesis
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Question 3
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'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups'
Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino
The poet in the lines is saying that
Athe speaker is very hygienic
Bthe person referred to takes Western medicine
Cherbal medicine is dangerous
Dthe speaker prefers Western medicine
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Question 4
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No. no! Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.
The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'
O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.
The speaker in the passage is
Areckless
Binsane
Ca coward
Da hero
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Question 5
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.'.
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
Alitotes
Bmetonymy
Cassonance
Dmetaphor
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Question 6
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Oh incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...
The literary device used in the first line is
Aapostrophe
Bburleques
Crehetoric question
Dpassion
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Question 7
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the
Alistener is wise
Bspeaker is a porter
Clistener is more experienced
Dspeaker is more experienced
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Question 8
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Weep not child, weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall no long be victorious
They shall no longer possess the sky....
The speaker of the lines is
Aoptimistic
Bcarefree
Chelpless
Dpessimistic
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Question 9
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is
Ahyperbole
Beuphemism
Clitotes
Dinnuendo
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Question 10
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'
Wole Soyinka: Night.
The line above suggest that women are
Acovetous
Bdogmatic
Cseers
Dmagicians
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Question 11
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The speech made by a character to himself on stage is
Aepilogue
Baside
Csoliloquy
Dmonologue
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Question 12
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Satire employs the use of
Aonomatopeia
Birony
Csynecdoche
Dmelancholy
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Question 13
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
What sustains the interest of a reader in all literature is
Aambiguity
Bcharacterization
Csuspense
Dplot
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Question 14
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a
Averse in poetry
Bstanza in poetry
Cmetre in poetry
Dtrope in poetry
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Question 15
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The continuation of meaning without pause, from one line to the next is
Asynecdoche
Bmelodrama
Cenjambment
Dalliteration
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Question 16
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The opposite of the part that introduces the main work in literature is known as
Aprologue
Bepitome
Cepilogue
Depitaph
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Question 17
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work that teaches moral is said to be
Adidactic
Binstructive
Ccorrective
Dimpressive
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Question 18
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
Apathos
Bparody
Cpyrrhic
Dprops
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Question 19
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An art that is both literary and theatrical is
Aa prose
Ba poem
Cdrama
Dprosody
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Question 20
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In a tragic play the device used to reduce tension is known as
