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Literature in English2004

WASSCE · 50 questions · Answers included

50 questions

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The persons created of presented in a literary work are

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Pick the odd item

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A group of lines separated from other groups in a poem is known as

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Dialogue is the predominant feature of

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Pick the odd item

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A literary work in which animals are used as characters is a

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''True wit is nature to advantage drest. What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed''. The extract is an example of

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A character who creates humour in a play is a

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A short witty statement in poetry constitutes a/an

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A literary work is didactic f it

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A poem that expresses grief over the death of a notable figure in society is a/an

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Pick the odd item

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A recurrent image in a literary work is the

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A dominant feature of poetry is its

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The position from which a story is presented is the

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''For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'' illustrates the use of

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The dominant literary device used in ''A drowsing numbness pains my sense'' is

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Setting has to do with

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''And yonder all before us lie. Deserts of vast eternity'' illustrates the use of

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The passage deals with

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The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.

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The dominant literary device used in the passage is

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The last five lines make use of......imagery

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The feeling induced is one of

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The poem describes

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The atmosphere of the poem is one of

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''frenetic flutes'' illustrates the use of

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The dominant literary device in the poem is

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The poem is an example of a/an

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Speaker A is

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Speaker B is

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The attitude of Speaker A to the person mentioned by Speaker B is one of

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The ''Kindness'' the speaker has agreed to ''show'' is

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The ''Kindness'' is to be repaid within

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''merry sport'' in line 3 means a

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Speaker B is

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The ''rack'' symbolises

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Speaker A had earlier been advised to

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''you'' refers to

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''you'' and ''we'' are related by their common

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The speech asserts the speaker's demand for

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The speaker is addressing

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By the expression ''I am forsworn'', the reader becomes aware of the speaker's

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''....you may miss me'' implies

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The ring symbolises

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The speaker is

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''....my Lord'' in line 2 refers to

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''...And be my vantage to exclaim on you'' means the opportunity to...him

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In ''Let it presage with the ruin of your love'', ''it'' implies