2002 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

''A little learning is dangerous
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring''

The extract illustrates a

Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle;
I am no traitors uncle;
and that word ''grace'' in an ungracious mouth
is but profane.

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

You are the salt of my life illustrates a

The sequence of beats in a poem is its

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul is an example of

A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is

A short witty statement is an

The whole town was present at the wedding ceremony is an example of

In a literary work, a clown normally

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.

The subject of the passage is