Waec Literature In English Past Questions
Question 16
A play that is full of exaggerated ridicule and laughter is called
- A. farce
- B. comedy
- C. tragi-comedy
- D. masque
Question 17
In a play, a long speech by a single character in the presence of other characters is called
- A. soliloguy
- B. monologue
- C. aside
- D. prologue
Question 18
Which of the following is an African poet?
- A. Dennis Brutus
- B. William Wordsworth
- C. Rober Frost
- D. W.B.Yeats
Question 19
Read the extract below and answer this question.
The pattering rain was kicking up little
explosions of dust in the glade.He heard the
faint whisper of the stream as it stole across
the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line regular pattern of
- A. vowels and consonants
- B. long and short words
- C. stressed and unstressed syllables
- D. stressed syllables and rhymes
Question 20
Read the extract below and answer this question.
The pattering rain was kicking up little
explosions of dust in the glade.He heard the
faint whisper of the stream as it stole across
the land and disappeared into the bush.
The figure of speech underlined in line 1 is
- A. assonance
- B. consonance
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. alliteration
