Waec Literature in English 2021 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• WAEC 2021

A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a ____________

A. Couplet
B. Haiku
C. Terza rima
D. Heroic couplet

Question 7:

• WAEC 2021

The chorus normally features prominently in ____________

A. Poetry
B. The epic
C. The novel
D. Drama

Question 8:

• WAEC 2021

A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is ____________

A. Myth
B. Legend
C. Motif
D. Fable

Question 9:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?


The dominant literary device is ____________

A. The epithet
B. The rhetorical question
C. Verbal irony
D. Paradox

Question 10:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?


does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of ____________

A. Taste
B. Touch
C. Sight
D. Smell