2017 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

A Panegyric is a formal public speech, or (in later use) written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and undiscriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical.

A Fable is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters

A playlet can be definied as a short play or dramatic piece.

End rhyme is defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.

Pun can be defined as a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

An oxymoron is a term for a figure of speech. It is made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite.

A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (protagonistes), meaning 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') is the leading character of a story. Theprotagonist is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions.