2016 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2
11
Read the stanza and answer this question
For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'
The lines constitute
A
an epic
B
a quatrain
C
an ode
D
a sestet
12
''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates
A
paradox
B
euphemism
C
hyperbole
D
personification
13
The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the
A
quintet
B
sestet
C
tercet
D
octave
14
A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is
A
a sonnet
B
a dirge
C
an ode
D
a balled
15
''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of
A
irony
B
lilotes
C
metaphor
D
metonymy
16
An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark
A
allusion
B
irony
C
aside
D
innuendo
17
'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of
A
zeugma
B
hyperbole
C
metonymy
D
synecdoche
18
Through ........ the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected
A
dramatic irony
B
comic relief
C
satire
D
farce
19
Read the following lines to answer this question
The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped
At the poor battered and weeping yacht.
The dominant device used in the lines is
A
simile
B
alliteration
C
assonance
D
personification
20
Read the following lines to answer this question
The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped
At the poor battered and weeping yacht.
The picture presented is one of
A
quiet sea
B
dark sky
C
stormy weather
D
calm season
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