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2003 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

1

A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legends and fables is a

A
balled
B
pastoral
C
folkale
D
romance
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2

A short poem written on a tomb is a/an

A
dirge
B
panegyric
C
epigram
D
epitaph
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3

Pick the odd item

A
tragedy
B
comedy
C
stanza
D
farce
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4

A long narrative which depicts country life is a/an

A
ballad
B
epic
C
ode
D
pastoral
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5

One of the following is not an African poet

A
lenrie Peters
B
Thomas Gray
C
J.P. Clark
D
Sly Cheney-Coker
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6

A recurrent image in a literary work that illustrates theme is

A
symbol
B
dramatic irony
C
motif
D
pathetic fallacy
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7

Diction is writers choice of

A
styles
B
plot
C
theme
D
words
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8

''Enjambment'' is the poetic term referring to the use of

A
run-on-lines
B
rhyme lines
C
rhythm
D
metre
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9

Stanza refers to..in a poem

A
devices
B
lines
C
sections
D
divisions
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10

''Life is an empty dream'' illustrates the use of

A
synecdoche
B
peripeteia
C
litotes
D
allusion
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