WAEC Literature in English questions: General literary terms

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1. Question 1· General literary terms· WAEC

   A euphemism is

   • Aa comparison using 'like'
   • Ban exaggeration
   • Ca contradiction
   • Da mild expression used in place of a harsh one

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2. Question 2· General literary terms· WAEC

   Litotes is

   • Aa direct comparison
   • Boverstatement
   • Cunderstatement using a negative, as in 'not bad'
   • Dimitation of sound

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3. Question 3· General literary terms· WAEC

   Diction in literature refers to

   • Athe setting
   • Bthe plot
   • Cthe writer's choice of words
   • Dthe rhyme scheme

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4. Question 4· General literary terms· WAEC

   A paradox is a statement that

   • Acompares using 'as'
   • Bexaggerates for effect
   • Cseems self-contradictory but may contain a truth
   • Daddresses someone absent

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5. Question 5· General literary terms· WAEC

   Satire uses humour and ridicule to

   • Amourn the dead
   • Bpraise heroes
   • Cexpose and criticise vice or folly
   • Dtell love stories

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6. Question 6· General literary terms· WAEC

   Apostrophe as a literary device is

   • Aan exaggeration
   • Baddressing an absent or dead person, or an idea, directly
   • Ca mild expression
   • Da repetition

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7. Question 7· General literary terms· WAEC

   In literature, irony means

   • Asaying or showing the opposite of what is meant or expected
   • Blisting the characters
   • Cwriting a long poem
   • Dfollowing a rhyme scheme

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