Waec Literature in English 2005 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• WAEC 2005

Rhyming words

A. Have similar spellings
B. Are parallel lines
C. Sound alike
D. Convey meaning

Question 17:

• WAEC 2005

He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates......rhyme

A. Masculine
B. Eye
C. Internal
D. End

Question 18:

• WAEC 2005

''Death be not proud'' illustrates

A. Euphemism
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Litotes

Question 19:

• WAEC 2005

Lines that usualling have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute

A. Stanza
B. Verse
C. Rhyme scheme
D. Falling metre

Question 20:

• WAEC 2005

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerieof thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.
True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
The dominant device used is

A. Contrast
B. Paradox
C. Oxymoron
D. Parallelism