Waec Literature in English 2005 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• WAEC 2005

A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is

A. Oxymoron
B. Irony
C. Antithesis
D. Bathos

Question 2:

• WAEC 2005

A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is

A. Oxymoron
B. Irony
C. Antithesis
D. Bathos

Question 3:

• WAEC 2005

A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of

A. Comic relief
B. Interior monologue
C. Dramatic irony
D. Poetic licence

Question 4:

• WAEC 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

A. Elegy
B. Epitaph
C. Dirge
D. Ode

Question 5:

• WAEC 2005

A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is

A. A pastoral
B. A lyric
C. A ballad
D. An elegy