Waec Literature in English 2011 Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• WAEC 2011

A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is

A. Hyperbole
B. Euphemism
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Question 12:

• WAEC 2011

A patter of beats to denote movement in poetry is

A. Refrain
B. Rhyme
C. Scansion
D. Metre

Question 13:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
The extract is an example of a/an

A. Dirge
B. Epigram
C. Oxymoron
D. Parody

Question 14:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
The tone of the extract is one of

A. Anger
B. Pity
C. Sarcasm
D. Indifference

Question 15:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
A poem whose shape resembles the object described is a/an

A. Emblematic poem
B. Romantice poem
C. Elegy
D. Sonnet