Literature In English 2012 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 11 :

• WAEC 2012

_ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which is known to the audience

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Satire
D. Parody

Question 12 :

• WAEC 2012

The use of dialogue, creates a/an _ effect

A. Hunorus
B. Poetic
C. Ironic
D. Dramatic

Question 13 :

• WAEC 2012

One of the following is not a form of poetry

A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Suspense
D. Lyric

Question 14 :

• WAEC 2012

Read the following lines and answer the question
But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.
A literary device used in the first line is

A. Paradox
B. Litotes
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor

Question 15 :

• WAEC 2012

Read the following lines and answer the question
But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.
The device used in the second and third lines is

A. Antithesis
B. Pun
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Euphemism