Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 546:

• WAEC 2007

''They also serve who only stand and wait'' illustrates

A. An epigram
B. A synecdoche
C. A simile
D. An antithesis

Question 547:

• WAEC 2007

Pick the odd item out of the options listed below

A. Verse
B. Stanza
C. Rhythm
D. Dialogue

Question 548:

• WAEC 2007

In drama, ' denouement' is the same as

A. Resolution
B. Climax
C. Anti-climax
D. Conflict

Question 549:

• WAEC 2007

Which of the following is NOT true of balled?

A. They were originally sung
B. They are mostly part of oral tradition
C. Tehy tell a popular story
D. They are written in iambic metre

Question 550:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The mood of the poem is that of

A. Sorrow
B. Elation
C. Anxiety
D. Sarcasm