Waec Literature in English 2021 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• WAEC 2021

Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is ____________

A. An epilogue
B. A mine
C. A soliloguy
D. An aside

Question 2:

• WAEC 2021

A pause within a line of poetry is ____________

A. An alliteration
B. A caesura
C. A metre
D. An assonance

Question 3:

• WAEC 2021

A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is ____________

A. Motif
B. Allusion
C. Legend
D. Anecdote

Question 4:

• WAEC 2021

When you are old and grey and full of sleep.
The rhythmic pattern of the above line is ____________

A. Anapestic
B. Dactylic
C. Trochaic
D. Iambic

Question 5:

• WAEC 2021

An inscription on a tombstone is an ____________

A. Epitaph
B. Epistle
C. Epigram
D. Ode