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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 276:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/><br/><br/>The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through<br/>'........They do not see the funeral piles<br/>At home eating up the forests.......'<br/>_ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties
  • A Metaphor
  • B Personification
  • C Synecdoche
  • D Antonym
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Question 277:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.<br/><br/>The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of<br/><br/>The figure of speech in the line below from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is 'We would be believing we dreamt it'
  • A Assonance
  • B Antithesis
  • C Apostrophe
  • D Alliteration
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Question 278:
Use the passage below to answer this question.<br/><br/>'But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.<br/>She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains<br/>heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost'.<br/><br/>The subject matter of the passage is
  • A Earthquake
  • B Demolition
  • C Flood
  • D Storm
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Question 279:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.<br/><br/><br/>The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of<br/><br/>The theme of Cope's sonnet V11 is
  • A Adventure
  • B Isolation
  • C Contempt for literature
  • D Art of poetry
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Question 280:
This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters<br/><br/>Where does the play take place?
  • A In George's place
  • B In Ofosu's place
  • C On the street
  • D On the stage
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