WAEC Literature in English questions: Dramatic techniques

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1. Question 1· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

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

   • Aan epilogue
   • Ban aside
   • Ca chorus
   • Da soliloquy

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2. Question 2· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

   An aside is

   • Aa song
   • Ba long speech at the end of the play
   • Ca remark the audience hears but the other characters on stage do not
   • Da stage direction

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3. Question 3· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

   Dramatic irony occurs when

   • Athe audience knows something a character does not
   • Ba character speaks sarcastically
   • Cthe play ends sadly
   • Dtwo characters argue

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4. Question 4· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

   Stage directions in a play

   • Aform the title
   • Bare spoken aloud
   • Ctell actors how to move and describe the setting
   • Dlist the actors' names

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5. Question 5· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

   A flashback in drama

   • Apredicts the future
   • Bshows events that happened before the present action
   • Cends the play
   • Dintroduces the cast

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6. Question 6· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

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

   • Aprologue
   • Bexposition
   • Cdenouement
   • Dclimax

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7. Question 7· Dramatic techniques· WAEC

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

   • AMacbeth
   • BHamlet
   • CRomeo and Juliet
   • DJulius Caesar

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