Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1466:

• WAEC 2020

His pen was like the breath of life exemplifies ________

A. Bathos
B. Pathos
C. Satire
D. Simile

Question 1467:

• WAEC 2020

Comic relief occurs in ________

A. Comedies
B. Pastorals
C. Romance
D. Tragedies

Question 1468:

• WAEC 2020

Students rarely read Julius Caesar these days illustrates ________

A. Caesura
B. Eponym
C. Oxymoron
D. Zeugma

Question 1469:

• WAEC 2020

In Literature, the term poetic justice applies to __________

A. A story that ends well
B. Characters that are spared death
C. The development of a good plot
D. The rewarding of good characters and the punishing of bad ones.

Question 1470:

• WAEC 2020

Ascribing human moods to nature, as in a playful-breeze illustrates _________

A. Humour
B. Pathetic fallacy
C. Symbolism
D. Zeugma