2007 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2
11
Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 1 is
A
simile
B
alliteration
C
litotes
D
personification
12
Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of
A
synecdoche
B
irony
C
paradox
D
hyperbole
13
''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates
A
epigram
B
synecdoche
C
metonymy
D
allegory
14
Pick the odd item out of the options listed below:
A
sonnet
B
epic
C
allusion
D
ode
15
A deliberate violation of the rules of verification constitutes
A
imperfect rhyme
B
poetic license
C
verbal irony
D
comic relief
17
Lines of regular recurrence in a poem constitutes
A
an alliteration
B
a refrain
C
an assonance
D
a theme
18
An individual who acts, appears or is referred to as playing a part in a literary work is a
A
villain
B
character
C
clown
D
narrator
19
A regular group of lines in poetry constitutes
A
stanza
B
rhythm
C
verse
D
metre
20
''A black beautiful brilliant bride'' is an example of
A
alliteration
B
assonance
C
onomatopoeia
D
pun
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