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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 291:
The juxtaposition of two seemingly contradictory words is
  • A Contrast
  • B Anti-climax
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Anti-thesis
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Question 292:
''A little learning is dangerous
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring''
The extract illustrates a
  • A Quatrain
  • B Hexameter
  • C Couplet
  • D Sestet
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Question 293:
Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle;
I am no traitors uncle;
and that word ''grace'' in an ungracious mouth
is but profane.
The dominant literary device used in the extract is
  • A Alliteration
  • B Assonance
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Repetition
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Question 294:
You are the salt of my life illustrates a
  • A Metaphor
  • B Simile
  • C Irony
  • D Personification
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Question 295:
The sequence of beats in a poem is its
  • A Rhythm
  • B Rhyme
  • C Irony
  • D Personification
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