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Sample NECO SSCE Literature 2022 questions

1. In the line 'The restless city swallowed the last bus', which figure of speech gives the city a human action?
  1. Personification
  2. Metonymy
  3. Simile
  4. Onomatopoeia

Answer: A. Personification

The city is given the human action of swallowing, so the line uses personification.

2. A character confidently enters a room where the audience already knows a dangerous rival is hiding; what dramatic device is created?
  1. Comic relief
  2. Dramatic irony
  3. A flashback
  4. A soliloquy

Answer: B. Dramatic irony

Dramatic irony occurs because the audience knows about the hidden danger while the character does not.

3. A story is told by a character who uses 'I' and takes part in the events; which narrative point of view is used?
  1. Second-person narration
  2. Omniscient third-person narration
  3. First-person narration
  4. Objective third-person narration

Answer: C. First-person narration

A participating narrator who recounts events as 'I' uses the first-person point of view.

4. In a printed play, which feature commonly tells actors where to move or how to deliver a line but is not spoken aloud?
  1. A chorus
  2. A dialogue cue
  3. A refrain
  4. A stage direction

Answer: D. A stage direction

Stage directions guide performance and are generally not spoken by the characters.

5. In 'Her smile was sunshine after weeks of rain', which figure of speech directly identifies one thing with another?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Apostrophe
  4. Euphemism

Answer: A. Metaphor

The smile is directly identified as sunshine without using 'like' or 'as', making the expression a metaphor.

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