Waec Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• WAEC 2004

Setting has to do with

A. Time and place
B. Incidents and events
C. Tone and mood
D. Rhythm and rhyme

Question 22:

• WAEC 2004

''And yonder all before us lie. Deserts of vast eternity'' illustrates the use of

A. Allegory
B. Personification
C. Oxymoron
D. Allusion

Question 23:

• WAEC 2004

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The passage deals with

A. Atmosphere
B. Temperature
C. Scene
D. Clouds

Question 24:

• WAEC 2004

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.

A. Descriptive
B. Narrative
C. Expository
D. Imaginative

Question 25:

• WAEC 2004

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The dominant literary device used in the passage is

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Oxymoron
D. Hyperbole