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Literature in English2006

WASSCE · 50 questions · Answers included

50 questions

1

''....the dragon-fly hangs like a blue thread losened from the sky...'' illustrates

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A pause within a line of a poem is a

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Unrhymed iambic pentametre lines illustrate a

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The limerick

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The elegy

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''But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates

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A line of poetry is measured by the

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The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a

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A humorous imitation of a serious literary work is

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A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work is the

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A metrical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables illustrates the

12

A poem with fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentrametre is

13

Pick the odd item from the options listed below.

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The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is

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A pair of rhymed iambic pentametre lines is a

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''Friendship is a sheltering tree'' illustrates

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The dominant device used in drama is

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''I don't fancy forbidden fruits of fashions and fads'' illustrates

19

Pick the odd item from the options listed below.

20

''The strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far'' illustrates

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The style of writing is

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''....on the backs of the benches'' illustrates

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The passage conveys a mood of

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''.....gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged'' infers

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''droning'' and ''have'' illustrate

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The poem is

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The dominant device used in the first line is

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The poem makes use of

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''Sleep'' in the poem is an example of

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The power of ''sleep'' is described as

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The Speaker is

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The character addressed is

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The speech was made after

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The speaker's mood is

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During this speech

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Speakers Y and Z are

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Speaker Z's responses suggest that he is

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The two characters who just left this scene are

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Speaker Z thinks Y is

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The underlined statement illustrates

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The speaker is

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The person being discussed is

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The characters being addressed are

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The response given to this speech indicates that the attempt was

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The character being addressed is

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The speaker is

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The underlined statement illustrates

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The character who has just been murdered is

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This speech can be best be interpreted to mean

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The setting is