Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1471:

• WAEC 2020

The end of a performance is followed by ________

A. A curtain call
B. A curtain raiser
C. Epilogue
D. Interlude

Question 1472:

• WAEC 2020

Read the lines and answer Question 14.
Marching along fifty score strong
Great hearted gentlemen singing this song

A. Assonance
B. Consonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Repetition

Question 1473:

• WAEC 2020

A short poem with a witty or sarcastic ending is a/an __________

A. Ballad
B. Allegory
C. Epigram
D. Panegyric

Question 1474:

• WAEC 2020

The big boulder blasted the house illustrates _________

A. Alliteration
B. Contrast
C. Irony
D. Paradox

Question 1475:

• WAEC 2020

Read the extract and answer Questions 17 and 18.
I find no peace and all my war is done
I fear and hope. I bum and freeze like ice.
The dominant literary device used in the lines is ________

A. Euphemism
B. Hyperbole
C. Paradox
D. Understatement