Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1026:

• WAEC 2014

A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is

A. Denouement
B. Conflict
C. Comedy
D. Tragedy

Question 1027:

• WAEC 2014

An expression from which one derives a mental picture is

A. Paradox
B. Exaggeration
C. Imagery
D. Photography

Question 1028:

• WAEC 2014

The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Parallelism

Question 1029:

• WAEC 2014

A character in the story who narrates what happens to him or her is

A. A second person narrator
B. A first person narrator
C. An omniscient narrator
D. A third person narrator

Question 1030:

• WAEC 2014

An understatement is otherwise called

A. Litotes
B. Conceit
C. Pun
D. Contrast