Waec Literature In English Past Questions

Question 26

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

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  • A. simile
  • B. metaphor
  • C. personification
  • D. metonymy
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Question 27

Which of the following is closest to the novel?

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  • A. the short story
  • B. fable
  • C. tale
  • D. epic
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Question 28

The first person narrator is usually

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  • A. the protagonist
  • B. a villain in the novel
  • C. the antagonist
  • D. a character in the novel
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Question 29

The literary device in the statement - 'Students are to come to class with their Shakespeare' is called

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  • A. metonymy
  • B. litotes
  • C. synecdoche
  • D. personification
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Question 30

Pick the odd item from the list

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  • A. prose
  • B. poetry
  • C. drama
  • D. tragedy
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