Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2020

Question 1

The sudden reversal of a character's fortune in a literary work is _________

waec 2020

  • A. denouement
  • B. hamartia
  • C. hubris
  • D. peripeteia
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Question 2

Condensed use of language is a dominant feature of ___________

waec 2020

  • A. comedy
  • B. poetry
  • C. prose
  • D. tragedy
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Question 3

A fictional prose which is neither a novel nor a short story is a/an __________

waec 2020

  • A. allegory
  • B. fable
  • C. novella
  • D. novelette
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Question 4

A situation where an audience is aware of an action a character is ignorant of is ________

waec 2020

  • A. dramatic irony
  • B. comic relief
  • C. aside
  • D. satire
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Question 5

Students rarely read Julius Caesar these days illustrates ________

waec 2020

  • A. caesura
  • B. eponym
  • C. oxymoron
  • D. zeugma
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