Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 146:

• WAEC 1999

An 'Aside' occurs when a speaker on stage

A. Addresses another speaker
B. Mumbles words intended for the audience only
C. Mumbles words heard by the audience and actors
D. Reveals his intentions

Question 147:

• WAEC 1999

'The stars blinked and the wind wailed' is an example of

A. Euphemism
B. Personification
C. Parody
D. Antithesis

Question 148:

• WAEC 1999

A stanza of four lines is a (n)

A. Octave
B. Couplet
C. Quatrain
D. Tercet

Question 149:

• WAEC 1999

A sonnet is made up of a rhyming sestet and two

A. Rhyming couplets
B. Rhyming quatrains
C. Rhyming lines
D. Rhyming stanzas

Question 150:

• WAEC 1999

The climax in a literary work is the

A. Middle of the work
B. Beginning of the story
C. Central part of the dialogue
D. Most intense point of the conflict