2015 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2
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Read the stanza and the question
Pan, O great Pan, to thee
Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep'st chaste and free
As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spake
From that place the more is broke
To the place day doth unyoke
Pan is used here as
Pan, O great Pan, to thee
Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep'st chaste and free
As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spake
From that place the more is broke
To the place day doth unyoke
Pan is used here as
A
an allusion
B
symbol
C
irony
D
metonymy
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Read the stanza and the question
Pan, O great Pan, to thee
Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep'st chaste and free
As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spake
From that place the more is broke
To the place day doth unyoke
The rhyme scheme of the stanza is
Pan, O great Pan, to thee
Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep'st chaste and free
As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spake
From that place the more is broke
To the place day doth unyoke
The rhyme scheme of the stanza is
A
abcabcc
B
ababcdd
C
babacc
D
bcbccaa
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A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is
A
iambic
B
spondaic
C
trochaic
D
dactylic
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14
........... Is the location of the action of the plot
A
Setting
B
Narrative technique
C
Point of view
D
Characterization
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A ballad is essentially a ........... poem
A
descriptive
B
dramatic
C
pastoral
D
narrative
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16
The first four lines of the Shakespearan sonnet rhyme
A
abcd
B
abba
C
abab
D
cdcd
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17
A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is
A
an epic
B
a legend
C
an allegory
D
a satire
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The use of imagery in prose or verse
A
appeals to the senses
B
develops the plot
C
creates confusion
D
obscures meaning
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19
Use the line to answer the questions.
'Our leaders will not compromise freedom
Nor will our heads give up liberty.'
The lines illustrate
'Our leaders will not compromise freedom
Nor will our heads give up liberty.'
The lines illustrate
A
soliloquy
B
parallelism
C
dialogue
D
contrast
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'heads' in the second line is an example of
A
synecdoche
B
inversion
C
epithet
D
conceit
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