Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is

A. Earthquake
B. House movement
C. Sea waves
D. Storm

Question 7:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The image depicted in the extract is one of

A. Destruction
B. Merriment
C. Happiness
D. Amiration

Question 8:

• WAEC 1998

Pick the odd item from the list below

A. Night Rain
B. Things fall Apart
C. Stanley Meets Mutesa
D. Nightfall in Soweto

Question 9:

• WAEC 1998

The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.
The poetic device used in the above extract is

A. Assonance
B. Alliteration
C. Metaphor
D. Metonymy

Question 10:

• WAEC 1998

The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.
A poem written or rendered in praise of a person or thing is called

A. A lyric
B. An ode
C. An elegy
D. A panegyric