Literature In English 2018 Past Questions | WAEC
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11. Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero’s_________
- A. Tragic flaw
- B. Inordinate ambition
- C. strength of character
- D. Good works
12. Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey
The dominant device used is___________-
- A. Paradox
- B. Pun
- C. Chiasmus
- D. Zeugma
13. A short play performed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________-
- A. An Interlude
- B. An epilogue
- C. A prologue
- D. An interval
14. Weeping Pillow illustrates________
- A. Dramatic Monologue
- B. Pathetic Fallacy
- C. Transferred epithet
- D. Dramatic Irony
15. But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost
The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________
- A. Oxymoron
- B. Personification
- C. Contrast
- D. Paradox
16. But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost
The extract is about____________
- A. An earthquake
- B. A flood
- C. An explosion
- D. A storm
17. But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost
The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________
- A. Antithesis
- B. Parallelism
- C. Conceit
- D. Climax
18. Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed Illustrates_________
- A. Oxymoron
- B. Alliteration
- C. Synecdoche
- D. Repetition
19. The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________
- A. Quatrain
- B. Octave
- C. Octameter
- D. Quartet
20. The metrical beat in the The Splendor falls on castle walls is___________
- A. Anapaestic
- B. Dactylic
- C. Trochaic
- D. Iambic
