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WAEC - Literature In English (2023 - No. 18)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Use the following extract to answer the question that follows: 

Lie bath rid his prologue like a rough colt: he knows not the stop.

A good moral, my lord: it is not enough to speak, but to speak true.
 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Use the following extract to answer the question that follows: 

Lie bath rid his prologue like a rough colt: he knows not the stop.

A good moral, my lord: it is not enough to speak, but to speak true.
 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Use the following extract to answer the question that follows: 

Lie bath rid his prologue like a rough colt: he knows not the stop.

A good moral, my lord: it is not enough to speak, but to speak true.
 

it is not enough to speak, but to speak true illustrates
parable
epitaph
wisecrack
epigram

Explanation

The phrase 'it is not enough to speak, but to speak true' illustrates an epigram. An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.

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