WAEC - Literature In English (2024)

1
A poem that is shaped in the image of the object it talks about is
Answer
(A)
concrete
2
The choir is on wheels to a convention illustrates
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(C)
Metonymy
3
Which of the following helps best to create and sustain interest in a literary work?
Answer
(D)
suspense
4
The dominant device used in Macbeth doth murdered sleep; the innocent sleep is
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(D)
personification
5
A narrative that extols the deeds of a heroic figure is a 
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(C)
panegyric
6

Ife is a woman of great virtue

She is a woman of great vice illustrate

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(A)
antithesis
7
The overwhelming confidence and pride that lead to the fall of the protagonist is
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(D)
hubris
8
The major divisions in a play are
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(A)
acts
9

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The metrical pattern is

Answer
(C)
iambic
10

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The mood of the poet is that of 

Answer
(D)
sadness
11

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The mood of the poet is that of 

Answer
(D)
sadness
12
A narrative composed in the form of a letter is
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(B)
an epistolary novel
13
The device used in She gave him lots of cash and tender attention is
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(D)
zeugma
14
The Shakespearean sonnet differs from the Petrachan sonnet by ending with a 
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(A)
couplet
15

Read the lines below and answer the question:
The closing of the day

Is the beginning of the day

The lines

Answer
(D)
run on
16
One of the important means available to a writer of a literary work is 
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(A)
diction
17

Read the lines below and answer the question:

The curl of my lips, the swing of my waist, the

The ride of my breast, the stride of my steps, the

Flash of my tech and the palm of my hand

The line is an example of 

Answer
(B)
parallelism
18

Read the lines below and answer the question:

The curl of my lips, the swing of my waist, the

The ride of my breast, the stride of my steps, the

Flash of my tech and the palm of my hand

The image created in the line appeals to the sense of 

Answer
(A)
sight
19
Characters in a play that the author uses as a vehicle for commentary is
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(A)
chorus
20
The _______ comes after the loose ends of the plot have been tied up.
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(C)
epilogue
21
The passage is about 
Answer
(D)
the passion of love
22
The figure of speech used in she was listening to the silence of the room is
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(C)
oxymoron
23
The technique of narration is
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(D)
stream of consciousness
24
In _____ and moved inwards the kitchen, like one sleepwalking, the simile portrays one who is 
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(A)
absent minded
25
The mood is one of
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(A)
anxiety
26
The mood is one of
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(A)
anxiety
27
The poem is about
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(C)
unrequited
28
The lines that provide evidence for what the poem is about are _____
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(B)
7 and 8
29
The poem is a 
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(D)
lyric
30
The dominant image is one of 
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(B)
flying
31
In the poem, cupid is 
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(A)
an allusion
32

The speaker is

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(D)
Theseus
33

The speaker is addressing 

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(A)
Hippolyta
34

The speech is in reaction to 

Answer
(D)
the arrival of the players
35

The speaker's experience is that 

Answer
(B)
even the eloquent can falter in their speech
36

At the end of the speech, 

Answer
(B)
Philostrate announces the prologue
37

The speaker and the addressee are 

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(C)
Demetrius and Hermia
38

Earlier the addressee has accused the speaker of 

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(C)
murder
39
In turn, the speaker accuses the addressee of 
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(A)
cruelty
40

The underlined lines portray the addressee as a 

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(B)
hunter
41

The setting of the extract is

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(A)
another part of the wood
42

The speaker is 

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(B)
Helena
43

The addressee is 

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(A)
Demetrius
44

The wildest refers to

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(C)
wild beasts
45

The speech is intended to ____ the addressee.

Answer
(C)
provoke