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This 2013 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 2013 set with instant marking.

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1. In a play, the audience knows that the sealed letter contains a warning, but the character opens it believing it is a love note; what device is being used?
  1. Verbal irony
  2. Dramatic irony
  3. Situational irony
  4. Understatement

Answer: B. Dramatic irony

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something important that a character does not.

2. A poet ends a line with the words 'The road ran past the hill' and continues the same sentence without a pause on the next line; what is this lineation called?
  1. Caesura
  2. End-stopping
  3. Enjambment
  4. Refrain

Answer: C. Enjambment

Enjambment carries a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a poetic line without a grammatical pause.

3. A story is told by a narrator who refers to the central character as 'she' and can report the private thoughts of several characters; which point of view is used?
  1. First-person participant
  2. Second-person address
  3. Objective observer
  4. Omniscient third-person

Answer: D. Omniscient third-person

An omniscient third-person narrator uses third-person references and can know the thoughts of multiple characters.

4. Which statement is a paradox because it appears self-contradictory yet suggests a truth?
  1. The more he learned, the more he knew how little he knew.
  2. The silver moon climbed above the roof.
  3. The crowd shouted loudly at the match.
  4. Her voice was soft as cotton.

Answer: A. The more he learned, the more he knew how little he knew.

The statement seems contradictory but conveys the insight that learning reveals the extent of one's ignorance.

5. In a script, the instruction '[She hides the key beneath the mat]' is printed in brackets and is not spoken aloud; what is it?
  1. A refrain
  2. A stage direction
  3. A soliloquy
  4. An aside

Answer: B. A stage direction

A stage direction guides actors' movements or other performance details rather than forming spoken dialogue.

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