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2018 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

11

Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________

A
Tragic flaw
B
Inordinate ambition
C
strength of character
D
Good works
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12

Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

 

 The dominant device used is___________-

A
Paradox
B
Pun
C
Chiasmus
D
Zeugma
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13

A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________-

A
An Interlude
B
An epilogue
C
A prologue
D
An interval
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14

Weeping Pilliow illustrates________

A
Dramatic Monologue
B
Pathetic Fallacy
C
Transferred epithet
D
Dramatic Irony
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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
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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
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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
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18

Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed  Illustrates_________

A
Oxymoron
B
Alliteration
C
Synecdoche
D
Repetition
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19

The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________

A
Quatrain
B
Octave
C
Octameter
D
Quartet
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20

The metrical beat in the The Splendor falls on castle walls is___________

A
Anapaestic
B
Dactylic
C
Trochaic
D
Iambic
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