2015 WAEC SSCE Literature In English Past Questions

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Read the extract below and answer the question.That age is best which is the firstWhen youth and blood are warmerBut being spent, the worse, and worstTimes still succeed the former.The rhyme scheme is known as

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Read the extract and answer the questionOh, a CherubinThou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,Infused with a fortitude from heaven,When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.Under my burthen groaned; which…

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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and the question A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenwa…

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A speech in a play in which a character speaks his or her thoughts alone is

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Read the poem and answer the question Proud mothers of the coming age,'Tis good to find you now engageYour minds and time your lives to raise Above the level of bygone days.'Tis good to see you play your part With spirit…

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Read the stanza and the question Pan, O great Pan, to theeThus do we sing!Thou who keep'st chaste and freeAs the young spring:Ever be thy honour spakeFrom that place the more is brokeTo the place day doth unyokePan is us…

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The pattern of a poem without reference to its content is referred to as the

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In literature, repetition is used essentially for

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The first four lines of the Shakespearan sonnet rhyme

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A ballad is essentially a ........... poem

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........... Is the location of the action of the plot

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A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is

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Read the stanza and the question Pan, O great Pan, to theeThus do we sing!Thou who keep'st chaste and freeAs the young spring:Ever be thy honour spakeFrom that place the more is brokeTo the place day doth unyokeThe rhyme…

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Use the line to answer the questions.'Our leaders will not compromise freedomNor will our heads give up liberty.'A character that develops in the course of a novel or play is described as

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'heads' in the second line is an example of

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Use the line to answer the questions.'Our leaders will not compromise freedomNor will our heads give up liberty.'The lines illustrate

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The use of imagery in prose or verse

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A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is

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2015 WAEC SSCE Literature In English Past Questions

Read the extract below and answer the question.That age is best which is the firstWhen youth and blood are warmerBut being spent, the worse, and worstTimes still succeed the former.The rhyme scheme is known as

Read the extract and answer the questionOh, a CherubinThou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,Infused with a fortitude from heaven,When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.Under my burthen groaned; which…

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and the question A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenwa…

A speech in a play in which a character speaks his or her thoughts alone is

Read the poem and answer the question Proud mothers of the coming age,'Tis good to find you now engageYour minds and time your lives to raise Above the level of bygone days.'Tis good to see you play your part With spirit…

Read the stanza and the question Pan, O great Pan, to theeThus do we sing!Thou who keep'st chaste and freeAs the young spring:Ever be thy honour spakeFrom that place the more is brokeTo the place day doth unyokePan is us…

The pattern of a poem without reference to its content is referred to as the

In literature, repetition is used essentially for

The first four lines of the Shakespearan sonnet rhyme

A ballad is essentially a ........... poem

........... Is the location of the action of the plot

A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is

Read the stanza and the question Pan, O great Pan, to theeThus do we sing!Thou who keep'st chaste and freeAs the young spring:Ever be thy honour spakeFrom that place the more is brokeTo the place day doth unyokeThe rhyme…

Use the line to answer the questions.'Our leaders will not compromise freedomNor will our heads give up liberty.'A character that develops in the course of a novel or play is described as

'heads' in the second line is an example of

Use the line to answer the questions.'Our leaders will not compromise freedomNor will our heads give up liberty.'The lines illustrate

The use of imagery in prose or verse

A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is

...........is a literary device used to express unpleasant in a more acceptable manner

'Let me not love thee if I love thee not' illustrates