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
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12
''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates
A
paradox
B
euphemism
C
hyperbole
D
personification
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13
The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the
A
quintet
B
sestet
C
tercet
D
octave
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14
A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is
A
a sonnet
B
a dirge
C
an ode
D
a balled
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15
''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of
A
irony
B
lilotes
C
metaphor
D
metonymy
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16
An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark
A
allusion
B
irony
C
aside
D
innuendo
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17
'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of
A
zeugma
B
hyperbole
C
metonymy
D
synecdoche
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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
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19
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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
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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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