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NECO SSCE Literature 2011 past questions and answers

This 2011 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 2011 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE Literature 2011 questions

1. In the lines, 'I fold the map and leave the coast behind; / the road remembers every name I hide,' who is the persona?
  1. The voice speaking in the poem
  2. The poet's publisher
  3. The reader addressed by the poem
  4. The poem's setting

Answer: A. The voice speaking in the poem

The persona is the voice or speaker through whom the poem is presented.

2. Which feature is illustrated when a sentence runs from one poetic line into the next without a pause at the line ending?
  1. Caesura
  2. Enjambment
  3. Refrain
  4. Couplet

Answer: B. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a grammatical unit continues beyond the end of a verse line.

3. 'The bitter wind scraped the tin roof' appeals most directly to which sense through its description?
  1. Taste
  2. Sight
  3. Touch
  4. Smell

Answer: C. Touch

The description of the wind as bitter and scraping evokes a tactile sensation.

4. In 'soft sand slides silently', the repeated initial consonant sound is an example of
  1. Assonance
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Rhyme
  4. Alliteration

Answer: D. Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of an initial consonant sound in nearby words.

5. When a poet writes, 'Hope is a lamp in the flooded room,' the comparison is chiefly a
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Euphemism
  4. Pun

Answer: A. Metaphor

The line directly identifies hope with a lamp without using 'like' or 'as'.

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