Literature in English, 2021, WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE, Exam, Paper 1 | Objectives

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Year :

2021

Title :

Literature in English

Exam :

WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

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#	Question	Ans
1.	Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is A. an epilogue B. a mine C. a soliloguy D. an aside	D
2.	A pause within a line of poetry is A. an alliteration B. a caesura C. a metre D. an assonance	B
3.	A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is A. motif B. allusion C. legend D. anecdote	A
4.	When you are old and grey and full of sleep.The rhythmic pattern of the above line is A. anapestic B. dactylic C. trochaic D. iambic	D
5.	An inscription on a tombstone is an A. epitaph B. epistle C. epigram D. ode	A
6.	A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a A. couplet B. haiku C. terza rima D. heroic couplet	C
7.	The chorus normally features prominently in A. poetry B. the epic C. the novel D. drama	D
8.	A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is .................... A. myth B. legend C. motif D. fable	A
	Read the extract below and answer questions 9 to 11. What happened to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?
9.	The dominant literary device is A. the epithet B. the rhetorical question C. verbal irony D. paradox	B
10.	Does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of A. taste B. touch C. sight D. smell	D

1.	Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is A. an epilogue B. a mine C. a soliloguy D. an aside	D
2.	A pause within a line of poetry is A. an alliteration B. a caesura C. a metre D. an assonance	B
3.	A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is A. motif B. allusion C. legend D. anecdote	A
4.	When you are old and grey and full of sleep.The rhythmic pattern of the above line is A. anapestic B. dactylic C. trochaic D. iambic	D
5.	An inscription on a tombstone is an A. epitaph B. epistle C. epigram D. ode	A

6.	A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a A. couplet B. haiku C. terza rima D. heroic couplet	C
7.	The chorus normally features prominently in A. poetry B. the epic C. the novel D. drama	D
8.	A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is .................... A. myth B. legend C. motif D. fable	A
	Read the extract below and answer questions 9 to 11. What happened to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?
9.	The dominant literary device is A. the epithet B. the rhetorical question C. verbal irony D. paradox	B
10.	Does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of A. taste B. touch C. sight D. smell	D