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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 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 2008 set with instant marking.

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Sample WAEC WASSCE Literature 2008 questions

1. In the line, ‘The road yawned sleepily and invited us home,’ which figure of speech is used?
  1. Hyperbole
  2. Apostrophe
  3. Personification
  4. Euphemism

Answer: C. Personification

The road is given human actions—yawning and inviting—in the line.

2. Which sound device is most prominent in the phrase ‘Silver ships slid silently’?
  1. Alliteration
  2. Assonance
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Consonance

Answer: A. Alliteration

The repeated initial /s/ sound in nearby words is alliteration.

3. In ‘Hope was a lantern in the storm,’ hope is directly identified with a lantern; this is an example of what?
  1. Simile
  2. Metonymy
  3. Irony
  4. Metaphor

Answer: D. Metaphor

A metaphor makes a direct comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

4. A poet writes, ‘The kettle hissed and the lid clattered’; which device makes the words imitate sounds?
  1. Allusion
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Assonance
  4. Oxymoron

Answer: B. Onomatopoeia

‘Hissed’ and ‘clattered’ imitate the sounds they describe.

5. Which feature is conventionally associated with a sonnet?
  1. A repeated chorus after every stanza
  2. A narrative divided into twelve books
  3. A poem of fourteen lines
  4. A dramatic speech with no speaker

Answer: C. A poem of fourteen lines

A sonnet is conventionally a fourteen-line poem, although its rhyme patterns vary.

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