2009 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

The art of giving human attributes to non-human objects is

A long narrative poem which deals with heroic deeds is

A poem of four lines is called

A literary piece used to mock of ridicule a society or practice is called

The story of a person's life written by another is

A folktale is a

A poem written in an elaborate style to address or celebrate an object or event is called

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I have to thank God I'm a woman,
For in these ordered days a woman only
Is free to be very hungry, very lonely.


The dominant device in the above lines is

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I have to thank God I'm a woman,
For in these ordered days a woman only
Is free to be very hungry, very lonely.


The tone of the poem is one of

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

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''Diversion through Larteh!'' This is the sign in the middle of the road. They have diverted the 24 - Kilometre Mamfe-Aburi-Adenta Road because of the major read works. The Mamfe-Larteh-Adenta diversion makes the journey twice as long. The longer route is the shorter.
\The little jeep flashes past the deserted police checkpoint. The howling wind, like a stretching comb, stretches Kwyeiwa's hair in flapping furrows behind her as she stands clinging to metal support in the back of the open jeep, petrified. The jeep negotiates the hairpin bend below the overhang near Tamara's place at breakneck speed; now it is on the stretch to the Kodiable junction. The little vehicle laps up the distance. Presently the travellers arrive at the last crossroads. Kodiabe lies as the crow flies, Somanya to the left. The jeep turns right towards Accra.

Kyeiwa is