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This 2009 NECO SSCE Literature set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2009 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE Literature 2009 questions

1. In the lines 'I fold the map beneath my coat / and walk toward the town that erased my name,' who is the speaker?
  1. The poet in every autobiographical detail
  2. The persona created to speak in the poem
  3. The poem's intended reader
  4. The editor who arranged the lines

Answer: B. The persona created to speak in the poem

The voice speaking within a poem is its persona, who need not be identical to the poet.

2. Which sound device is most prominent in 'Silver streams slide softly south'?
  1. Onomatopoeia
  2. Assonance
  3. Consonance
  4. Alliteration

Answer: D. Alliteration

The repeated initial s sound in nearby words is alliteration.

3. A poem describes a 'bitter silence' and 'a warm welcome'; which senses are directly invoked by these descriptions?
  1. Taste and touch
  2. Sight and hearing
  3. Smell and sight
  4. Hearing and touch

Answer: A. Taste and touch

Bitter suggests taste, while warm suggests touch, even though both expressions are figurative.

4. What is metre in a poem?
  1. The number of characters in each line
  2. The arrangement of stanzas on the page
  3. A patterned sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables
  4. The repeated end-word of each stanza

Answer: C. A patterned sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables

Metre is the regular rhythmic pattern formed by stressed and unstressed syllables.

5. A sentence begins at the end of one verse line and continues without a pause into the next; what is this technique called?
  1. Caesura
  2. Enjambment
  3. Refrain
  4. Couplet

Answer: B. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a sentence or phrase runs on beyond the end of a verse line.

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