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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1321:
Weeping Pilliow illustrates________
  • A Dramatic Monologue
  • B Pathetic Fallacy
  • C Transferred epithet
  • D Dramatic Irony
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Question 1322:
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost


The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Personification
  • C Contrast
  • D Paradox
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Question 1323:
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost


The extract is about____________
  • A An earthquake
  • B A flood
  • C An explosion
  • D A storm
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Question 1324:
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost


The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________
  • A Antithesis
  • B Parallelism
  • C Conceit
  • D Climax
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Question 1325:
Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed Illustrates_________
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Alliteration
  • C Synecdoche
  • D Repetition
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