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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1:
Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?
  • A Language
  • B Chorus
  • C Action
  • D Narrator
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Question 2:
Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?
  • A Language
  • B Chorus
  • C Action
  • D Narrator
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Question 3:
The three major forms of literature are
  • A Tragedy,comedy, tragi-comedy
  • B Poetry,drama,folktales
  • C Drama,lyric,prose fiction
  • D Poetry, drama,prose
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Question 4:
Beauty in poetry depends mainly on
  • A Expression and rhythm
  • B Length and theme
  • C Vowels and consonants
  • D Mood and verse form
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Question 5:
Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The predominant figure of speech in the above extracts is
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Metaphor
  • C Simile
  • D Personification
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