Waec 2018 Literature in English Past Questions with Answers

Waec 2018 Literature in English Past Questions

Question 16:

WAEC 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________

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

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Question 17:

WAEC 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The extract is about____________

A. An earthquake
B. A flood
C. An explosion
D. A storm

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Question 18:

WAEC 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________

A. Antithesis
B. Parallelism
C. Conceit
D. Climax

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Question 19:

WAEC 2018

Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed Illustrates_________

A. Oxymoron
B. Alliteration
C. Synecdoche
D. Repetition

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Question 20:

WAEC 2018

The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________

A. Quatrain
B. Octave
C. Octameter
D. Quartet

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