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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 9Dramatic techniques · 7Figures of speech · 9General literary terms · 7Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 5Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 5Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 7Poetry: types and forms · 7Point of view and narrative techniques · 6Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 7Prose: types of fiction · 6Set poems: African poetry · 10Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

  1. Question 1· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    Hubris in a tragic hero means

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  2. Question 2· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    The list of characters at the beginning of a play is the

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  3. Question 3· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    The emotional release an audience feels at the end of a tragedy is

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  4. Question 4· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    A play that teaches a moral lesson through characters such as Good Deeds and Everyman is

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  5. Question 5· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    A play that ends happily after a series of misunderstandings is a

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  6. Question 6· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    The denouement of a play is

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  7. Question 7· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    Melodrama is marked by

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  8. Question 8· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    In a tragedy, the hero's downfall usually comes from

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  9. Question 9· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    A play that uses exaggerated, improbable situations purely to provoke laughter is a

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  10. Question 10· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    A speech in which a character alone on stage reveals his thoughts is

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  11. Question 11· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    An aside is

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  12. Question 12· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    Dramatic irony occurs when

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  13. Question 13· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    Stage directions in a play

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  14. Question 14· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    A flashback in drama

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  15. Question 15· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    The point at which the conflict in a plot reaches its highest tension is the

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  16. Question 16· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

    In which of these plays is a play within a play used to test a guilty king?

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  17. Question 17· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'The pen is mightier than the sword' uses

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  18. Question 18· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'The classroom was a zoo' is an example of

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  19. Question 19· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'The wind whispered through the trees' contains

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  20. Question 20· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'Buzz' and 'sizzle' are examples of

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