2016 WAEC SSCE Literature In English Past Questions

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of VeniceRead the extract below and answer the questionIf I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,Even t…

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The character assumed by the author in his writing is

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Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

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...... refers to the structure of a work of art.

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A short play is also called a

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The ....... produces comic relief in drama

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Poetry is written in

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Poetry is written in

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Oral literature is part of

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The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the

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"The sun smiled gently on the scene" illustrates

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Read the stanza and answer this questionFor days I wept and felt depressedThe one and all I loved had leftBut then on me our Bill impressed'Your love is where she looks bereft'The lines constitute

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Through ........ the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected

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'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of

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An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark

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"That it will rain is not unlike" illustrates the use of

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A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and answer the questionHe was under the siege of three union executive members.There was the Secretary standing over him ; there was the Treasurer puffing away at a cigarette; the…

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Read the following lines to answer this questionThe livid waters roared and snarled and flapped At the poor battered and weeping yacht.The picture presented is one of

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Read the following lines to answer this questionThe livid waters roared and snarled and flapped At the poor battered and weeping yacht.The dominant device used in the lines is

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