Literature Past Questions And Answers
By the speech, the speaker attempts to __________
- A. instigate the addressee
- B. console the addressee
- C. prevent a war
- D. settle a fight
This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
,Now look what we have:a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!'
The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above is
- A. suspense
- B. rhetorical questions
- C. oxymoron
- D. allegory
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
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of
- A. anxiety
- B. melancholy
- C. helplessness
- D. fury
Section A: AFRICAN DRAMA
FRANK OGODO OGBECHE - Harvest of Corruption
Consider any three dramatic elements used to develop the plot.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 THEORYThis question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
The message State Express 555 is an advertisement for
- A. an imported alcoholicdrink
- B. a brand of elitist cigarette
- C. a newly commissioned road network
- D. Gold Coast Transport Corporation
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about
- A. his unwillingness to stay with his parents
- B. his affection for his uncle
- C. the strength of communal living in Africa
- D. the irresponsibility of his parents
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is
- A. romanesque
- B. grotesque
- C. picaresque
- D. burlesque
Based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to
- A. spur them to action
- B. entertain them
- C. display his ability to sing
- D. teach them how to sing an anthem
In a literary work, the foil is one who ________
- A. Complements another character
- B. contrasts with another character
- C. introduces the conflict
- D. resolves the conflict