Waec Literature In English Past Questions
Question 36
The essential function of a tragedy is to make people
- A. laught at mankind
- B. think and feel more deeply
- C. think and laugh
- D. know their enemies
Question 37
An epitaph is
- A. poem of lamentation
- B. a poem of fourteen lines
- C. an inscription on a tomb
- D. the life history of an author
Question 38
A play is fully realized when it is
- A. studied
- B. memorized
- C. acted
- D. read
Question 40
Read the extract below and answer the question.
The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.
The predominant sound device in the extract is
- A. assonance
- B. consonance
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. alliteration
