Waec Literature in English 2007 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• WAEC 2007

''A black beautiful brilliant bride'' is an example of

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Pun

Question 22:

• WAEC 2007

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE
Read the poem and answer the question
Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softy behind.
The extract conveys a mood of

A. Dejection
B. Desperation
C. Resentment
D. Resignation

Question 23:

• WAEC 2007

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE
Read the poem and answer the question
Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softy behind.
The dominant figure of speech in the first stanza is

A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Euphemism
D. Pun

Question 24:

• WAEC 2007

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE
Read the poem and answer the question
Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softy behind.
The expression Drunk with fatigue illustrates

A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Litotes
D. Irony

Question 25:

• WAEC 2007

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE
Read the poem and answer the question
Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softy behind.
The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

A. Aabb
B. Abab
C. Abcd
D. Abba