Nyansapɔ wisdom knot — symbol of wisdom, ingenuity, and patience

Literature in English2005

WASSCE · 48 questions · Answers included

48 questions

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A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is

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A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of

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Pick the odd item from the options below

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A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is

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In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is

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Pick the odd item from the options below

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''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates

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Which of the following poems is based on travel and adventure?

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It runs through the reeds And away it proceeds, Through meadows and glade, In sun and in shade. The dominant device used in the above extract is

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Pick the odd item from the options below

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The metrical pattern in, ''In mist or cloud, On mast or shroud'' is

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Which of the following is a praise poem?

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Poetry that avoids the use of regular metre is

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The mood in ''Nothing so true as what you once let fall Most women have no characters at all'' is

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Rhyming words

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He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates......rhyme

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''Death be not proud'' illustrates

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Lines that usualling have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute

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The dominant device used is

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The reference to ''......the Nunnerie of thy chaste breast'' suggests that the woman is being

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The rhyme pattern of the poem is

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''Inconstancy'' in the poem implies that the

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The theme of the poem is the pursuit of

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The dominant literary device used in the passage is

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''Where is the human touch?'' conveys an impression of

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The narrative technique used in the passage is

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The dominant mood in the passage is one of

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''.....a swift left hand....and the right hand delivered the punches'' illustrates

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The speaker is

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The extract is an example of

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The underlined expression illustrates

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''my well-won thrift'' is

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From the extract the speaker is

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The extract is

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The speaker is in love with

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The speaker has been addressing

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The speaker is

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''I will feed fat the ancient gradge'' illustrates

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The speaker is

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The person referred to in the extract is

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''Though'' in the extract implies

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After this speech, the speaker

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'' Being ten times undervalued to try gold?'' reveals the speaker's

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The speaker is

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The person addressed is

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The extract conveys a feeling of

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''Your exposition'' refers to

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At the end of the speech, the speaker