Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 1998
Question 1
Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is
- A. earthquake
- B. house movement
- C. sea waves
- D. storm
Question 2
Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The predominant figure of speech in the above extracts is
- A. Oxymoron
- B. Metaphor
- C. Simile
- D. Personification
Question 3
Beauty in poetry depends mainly on
- A. expression and rhythm
- B. length and theme
- C. vowels and consonants
- D. mood and verse form
Question 4
The three major forms of literature are
- A. tragedy,comedy, tragi-comedy
- B. poetry,drama,folktales
- C. drama,lyric,prose fiction
- D. poetry, drama,prose
Question 5
Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?
- A. language
- B. chorus
- C. action
- D. narrator
