2004 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

11
Pick the odd item
A
''Elegy written in a country churchyard''
B
''Ulysses''
C
''No coffin, no grave''
D
''Ode to the West Wind''
correct option: c
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12
A poem that expresses grief over the death of a notable figure in society is a/an
A
ode
B
ballad
C
limerick
D
elegy
correct option: d
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13
Pick the odd item
A
Daniel Defoe
B
Thomas Gray
C
John Donne
D
Alfred Tennyson
correct option: a
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14
A recurrent image in a literary work is the
A
theme
B
motif
C
episode
D
mood
correct option: b
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15
A dominant feature of poetry is its
A
economy of language
B
depiction of scences
C
use of dialogue
D
narration of tales
correct option: a
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16
The position from which a story is presented is the
A
narrative technique
B
point of view
C
setting
D
plot
correct option: b
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17
''For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'' illustrates the use of
A
bathos
B
euphemism
C
paradox
D
irony
correct option: c
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18
The dominant literary device used in ''A drowsing numbness pains my sense'' is
A
parallelism
B
symbolism
C
repetition
D
diction
correct option: b
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19
Setting has to do with
A
time and place
B
incidents and events
C
tone and mood
D
rhythm and rhyme
correct option: a
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20
''And yonder all before us lie. Deserts of vast eternity'' illustrates the use of
A
allegory
B
personification
C
oxymoron
D
allusion
correct option: a
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