PassSpark

NECO SSCE Literature 2014 past questions and answers

This 2014 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 2014 set with instant marking.

Practise the full 2014 setTimed exam mode

Sample NECO SSCE Literature 2014 questions

1. A poet lets a sentence continue from one line of verse to the next without a pause or punctuation at the line ending. What is this technique called?
  1. Caesura
  2. End-stopping
  3. Refrain
  4. Enjambment

Answer: D. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a sense-unit runs over from one verse line into the next.

2. In a poem, a speaker addresses an absent ancestor as though the ancestor could hear and reply. Which device is being used?
  1. Apostrophe
  2. Metonymy
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Litotes

Answer: A. Apostrophe

Apostrophe is direct address to an absent, dead, or non-human addressee.

3. An audience knows that a sealed letter contains the hero's pardon, but the hero believes it contains an order for his arrest. What effect is created?
  1. Comic relief
  2. Suspense through a flashback
  3. Dramatic irony
  4. A soliloquy

Answer: C. Dramatic irony

Dramatic irony arises because the audience knows something that the character does not.

4. During a conversation, a character briefly speaks to the audience, and the other characters on stage behave as if they have not heard. What is this speech called?
  1. Chorus
  2. Aside
  3. Dialogue
  4. Invocation

Answer: B. Aside

An aside is a brief remark understood by the audience but conventionally unheard by the other characters.

5. Which figure of speech is used in the statement, 'The impatient storm drummed on the roof all night'?
  1. Simile
  2. Euphemism
  3. Pun
  4. Personification

Answer: D. Personification

The storm is given the human quality of impatience, making the expression personification.

More NECO SSCE Literature years

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000

All NECO SSCE Literature years · NECO SSCE subjects

PassSpark questions are original practice questions written to each exam's syllabus and format, in the style of past questions. They are not official past papers and are not affiliated with JAMB, WAEC, NECO, any university or any exam body.