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WAEC Literature in English questions: Poetry: imagery, sound and structure

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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· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    The repetition of initial consonant sounds, as in 'the bright beautiful bird', is

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  2. Question 2· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    Iambic pentameter has

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  3. Question 3· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem is its

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  4. Question 4· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    A group of lines that forms a unit in a poem is

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  5. Question 5· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    A four-line stanza is

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  6. Question 6· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    Two successive rhyming lines form

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  7. Question 7· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    The repetition of vowel sounds within words, as in 'the rain in Spain', is

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