Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 1998

''The people's voices rutted like pigs in the mud'' is an example of

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

Question 32:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is known as

A. Abba
B. Abab
C. Aabb
D. Bbaa

Question 33:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
This kind of rhyme scheme is known as

A. Alternate
B. Irregular
C. Free verse
D. Couplet

Question 34:

• WAEC 1998

A poem of 14 lines is known as a

A. Quatrain
B. Octave
C. Sestet
D. Sonnet

Question 35:

• WAEC 1998

» Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
A poem of four lines is known as a

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