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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2016 past questions and answers

This 2016 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 2016 set with instant marking.

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Sample WAEC WASSCE Literature 2016 questions

1. In the sentence 'The library was a lighthouse for the new students,' which figure of speech is used?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Hyperbole
  4. Allusion

Answer: A. Metaphor

The library is directly identified with a lighthouse to suggest that it guides students.

2. A character hides a key beneath a cushion, but the audience has already seen another character remove it; what device is created when the first character later searches there?
  1. Comic relief
  2. Dramatic irony
  3. Soliloquy
  4. Flashback

Answer: B. Dramatic irony

The audience knows something that the searching character does not.

3. Which description most commonly identifies a sonnet in English literary tradition?
  1. A poem of exactly four lines
  2. A narrative poem in irregular couplets
  3. A poem of fourteen lines, often with a patterned rhyme scheme
  4. A poem without stanzas or line breaks

Answer: C. A poem of fourteen lines, often with a patterned rhyme scheme

The sonnet is conventionally a fourteen-line poem, although its rhyme pattern varies by form.

4. What is a stanza consisting of four lines called?
  1. Tercet
  2. Couplet
  3. Sestet
  4. Quatrain

Answer: D. Quatrain

A quatrain is a stanza or group of four lines.

5. A character remains alone on stage and speaks thoughts that other characters cannot hear; this speech is a
  1. soliloquy
  2. chorus
  3. dialogue
  4. prologue

Answer: A. soliloquy

A soliloquy presents a character's thoughts aloud while the character is alone.

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