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This 2002 WAEC WASSCE 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 2002 set with instant marking.

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1. In the line, 'Dawn poured a gold cup over the sleeping roofs,' which device chiefly presents the sunrise?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Euphemism
  4. Apostrophe

Answer: A. Metaphor

The sunrise is directly described as a poured gold cup, making the image a metaphor.

2. A sentence in a poem runs from one line into the next without a pause or completed sense at the line ending; this is called
  1. a refrain
  2. enjambment
  3. a caesura
  4. a stanza

Answer: B. enjambment

Enjambment occurs when the sense of a poetic line continues into the following line.

3. Which sound device is most prominent in 'Wild winds whipped the withered wheat'?
  1. Assonance
  2. Consonance
  3. Alliteration
  4. Rhyme

Answer: C. Alliteration

The repeated initial w sound in nearby words is alliteration.

4. A speaker describes a ruined home with affectionate memories but ends by admitting that it can never be recovered; which tone best fits the passage?
  1. Triumphant
  2. Mocking
  3. Indifferent
  4. Nostalgic

Answer: D. Nostalgic

The affectionate recollection of a lost home creates a nostalgic tone.

5. In 'The village swallowed the traveller before sunset,' the village is given an action associated with a living creature; this is
  1. personification
  2. paradox
  3. pun
  4. understatement

Answer: A. personification

Personification attributes a living action to a non-human thing or place.

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