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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2015 past questions and answers

This 2015 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 2015 set with instant marking.

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Sample WAEC WASSCE Literature 2015 questions

1. In the original line, The moon spilled milk across the quiet roofs, which image is most prominent?
  1. Auditory imagery
  2. Olfactory imagery
  3. Visual imagery
  4. Tactile imagery

Answer: C. Visual imagery

The line creates a picture of moonlight spreading over rooftops, so it chiefly appeals to sight.

2. A speaker says, The council has once again solved hunger by banning empty plates, and the surrounding passage shows that the policy has failed. What is the speaker's tone?
  1. Sarcastic
  2. Reverent
  3. Mournful
  4. Indifferent

Answer: A. Sarcastic

The speaker uses a mocking statement to criticize a policy that plainly has not solved hunger.

3. Which sound device is most evident in the original phrase, wild winds worried the window?
  1. Assonance
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Rhyme
  4. Alliteration

Answer: D. Alliteration

The repeated initial w sound in nearby words is alliteration.

4. In the original sentence, Her patience was a bridge over our quarrels, what figure of speech is used?
  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Hyperbole

Answer: B. Metaphor

The sentence directly identifies patience with a bridge without using like or as, making it a metaphor.

5. A poem has the lines: The tired porter carried dawn / in baskets balanced on his head. What is the main effect of the line break after dawn when the sentence continues?
  1. It creates a fixed end rhyme
  2. It produces enjambment and carries the sense forward
  3. It marks a change of speaker
  4. It makes the second line a refrain

Answer: B. It produces enjambment and carries the sense forward

The grammatical sense runs beyond the line ending, which is enjambment.

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