Literature In English 2018 Past Questions | WAEC
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The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________
- A. Protagonist
- B. Narrator
- C. Villain
- D. Antagonist
Correct Option: Answer is A
A protagonist is the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. A protagonist is sometimes a “hero” to the audience or readers. The word originally came from the Greek language, and in Greek drama it refers to the person who led the chorus.
2. A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________
- A. Farce
- B. Mime
- C. Slapstick
- D. Burlesque
Correct Option: Answer is B
Mime is a type of acting that does not use words or speech. Mime is all about physical movement and exaggerating your expressions
3. Before a play is performed, it is ___________
- A. Auditioned
- B. Applauded
- C. Rehearsed
- D. Recited
Correct Option: Answer is C
4. A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________
- A. Comedy
- B. Farce
- C. Pantomime
- D. Tragedy
Correct Option: Answer is D
Tragedy in literature is a composition that describes a series of misfortunes in the lives of the main characters that bring to them to ruin as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a weakness of character or adverse circumstances.
5. A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________
- A. A sestet
- B. An octave
- C. Two sestets
- D. Three quatrains
Correct Option: Answer is D
6. He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________
- A. Synecdoche
- B. Oxymoron
- C. Metonymy
- D. Litotes
Correct Option: Answer is B
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory elements are juxtaposed. In literature, oxymora, also known as oxymorons, often reveal a paradox
7. The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________-
- A. Musical
- B. Curtain Call
- C. Intermission
- D. Introduction
Correct Option: Answer is B
8. Diction is a writer’s choice of___________-
- A. Style
- B. Syntax
- C. Rhythm
- D. Words
Correct Option: Answer is D
Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Diction, or choice of words, often separates good writing from bad writing
9. A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________
- A. A dirge
- B. An ode
- C. An epic
- D. A pastoral
Correct Option: Answer is C
In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by an exclamation, such as “Oh.” A writer or speaker, using apostrophe, speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.
10. Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent
To set aganist me for your merriment.
The lines illustrate__________
- A. Epitaph
- B. Epigram
- C. Apostrophe
- D. Allusion