Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 291:

• WAEC 2002

The juxtaposition of two seemingly contradictory words is

A. Contrast
B. Anti-climax
C. Oxymoron
D. Anti-thesis

Question 292:

• WAEC 2002

''A little learning is dangerous
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring''
The extract illustrates a

A. Quatrain
B. Hexameter
C. Couplet
D. Sestet

Question 293:

• WAEC 2002

Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle;
I am no traitors uncle;
and that word ''grace'' in an ungracious mouth
is but profane.
The dominant literary device used in the extract is

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

Question 294:

• WAEC 2002

You are the salt of my life illustrates a

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Irony
D. Personification

Question 295:

• WAEC 2002

The sequence of beats in a poem is its

A. Rhythm
B. Rhyme
C. Irony
D. Personification