2005 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

1
A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is
A
oxymoron
B
irony
C
antithesis
D
bathos
correct option: b
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2
A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of
A
comic relief
B
interior monologue
C
dramatic irony
D
poetic licence
correct option: c
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3
Pick the odd item from the options below
A
Elegy
B
Epitaph
C
Dirge
D
Ode
correct option: d
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4
A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is
A
a pastoral
B
a lyric
C
a ballad
D
an elegy
correct option: c
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5
In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is
A
parallelism
B
litotes
C
hyperbole
D
onomatopoeia
correct option: d
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6
Pick the odd item from the options below
A
Plot
B
Theme
C
Metre
D
Subject
correct option: c
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7
''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates
A
alliteration
B
rhythm
C
repetition
D
assonance
correct option: a
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8
Which of the following poems is based on travel and adventure?
A
Ode to the West Wind
B
Freetown
C
Ulysses
D
No coffin, No grave
correct option: c
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9
It runs through the reeds And away it proceeds, Through meadows and glade, In sun and in shade. The dominant device used in the above extract is
A
imagery
B
symbolism
C
rhyme
D
pun
correct option: c
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10
Pick the odd item from the options below
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Synecdoche
D
Ballad
correct option: d
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