Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1461:

• WAEC 2020

A fictional prose which is neither a novel nor a short story is a/an __________

A. Allegory
B. Fable
C. Novella
D. Novelette

Question 1462:

• WAEC 2020

Condensed use of language is a dominant feature of ___________

A. Comedy
B. Poetry
C. Prose
D. Tragedy

Question 1463:

• WAEC 2020

The sudden reversal of a character's fortune in a literary work is _________

A. Denouement
B. Hamartia
C. Hubris
D. Peripeteia

Question 1464:

• WAEC 2020

Read the extract below and answer Questions 5 to 7.
With the pen, he wrote kings into reality
With his words, kingdoms arose,
Those same words, slaves inhaled
Their hands building walls, their feet tromping territories
His pen was like the breath of life.
The underlined words illustrate ________

A. Hyperbole
B. Irony
C. Metonymy
D. Paradox

Question 1465:

• WAEC 2020

hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

A. Contrast
B. Litotes
C. Personification
D. Synecdoche