Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1526:

• WAEC 2021

A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is ____________

A. Myth
B. Legend
C. Motif
D. Fable

Question 1527:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?


The dominant literary device is ____________

A. The epithet
B. The rhetorical question
C. Verbal irony
D. Paradox

Question 1528:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?


does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of ____________

A. Taste
B. Touch
C. Sight
D. Smell

Question 1529:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?


The mood of the poem is one of ____________

A. Joy
B. Doubt
C. Anger
D. Certainty

Question 1530:

• WAEC 2021

a short play performed in the pause between the act of a longer play is ____________

A. Denouement
B. Interlude
C. Prologue
D. Epilogue