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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 476:
The limerick
  • A Is written to be sung
  • B Has a serious subject matter
  • C Is always light and humorous
  • D Uses lofty language
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Question 477:
The elegy
  • A Conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
  • B Is set in the countryside
  • C Has a mournful tone
  • D Celebrates heroic deeds
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Question 478:
''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
  • A Metaphor
  • B Apostrophe
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Metonymy
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Question 479:
A line of poetry is measured by the
  • A Number of words
  • B Number of feet it contains
  • C Images
  • D Rhythm
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Question 480:
The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a
  • A Couplet
  • B Metre
  • C Consonance
  • D Scansion
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