1997 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?

The three major forms of literature are

Beauty in poetry depends mainly on

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The predominant figure of speech in the above extracts is

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.

The image depicted in the extract is one of

Pick the odd item from the list below

The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.
The poetic device used in the above extract is

The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.

A poem written or rendered in praise of a person or thing is called

The basic elements of drama are