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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2012 past questions and answers

This 2012 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 2012 set with instant marking.

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Sample WAEC WASSCE Literature 2012 questions

1. Which device is most clearly used in the phrase ‘bright birds beat their wings’?
  1. Alliteration
  2. Assonance
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Enjambment

Answer: A. Alliteration

The repeated initial ‘b’ sound in neighbouring words is alliteration.

2. A character trusts a visitor whom the audience knows is plotting against her; what device does this situation illustrate?
  1. Verbal irony
  2. Dramatic irony
  3. Apostrophe
  4. Hyperbole

Answer: B. Dramatic irony

The audience knows the visitor’s intention while the character does not, creating dramatic irony.

3. In the sentence ‘The farm needs more hands at harvest’, what does ‘hands’ represent?
  1. Tools used for harvesting
  2. The crops being gathered
  3. Workers
  4. The farmer’s family home

Answer: C. Workers

‘Hands’ names a part of the body to represent the workers as a whole.

4. A sentence begins near the end of one verse line and continues into the next without a pause; which technique is this?
  1. Refrain
  2. Caesura
  3. End-stopping
  4. Enjambment

Answer: D. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when syntax flows across a line ending without a strong pause.

5. What is the name for a deliberate pause within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
  1. Caesura
  2. Couplet
  3. Refrain
  4. Rhyme scheme

Answer: A. Caesura

A caesura is a pause occurring within a verse line.

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