All 50 questions from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2023 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation for each. Free, no signup needed.
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Letters, journals and diaries are examples of
Letters, journals and diaries record real-life experiences, thoughts and observations, making them forms of non-fiction.
"That girl is too young to be put in the family way" illustrates
"Put in the family way" is a milder, indirect expression used in place of a more direct or blunt term, which is the definition of euphemism.
A character that is built around a single idea or quality is a ______ character.
A flat character is one-dimensional, built around a single idea, trait or quality, without much depth or development.
Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is
A line with seven metrical feet is called heptameter.
A dead metaphor is
A dead metaphor is one that has been used so frequently that its original figurative force has been lost, making it overused and ineffective.
Jonsey's opening speech ("How does anyone keep faith with himself in such an ill made place?") illustrates
Jonsey speaks alone on stage, revealing his inner thoughts, which is characteristic of a soliloquy.
"In the Town Hall" is the
"In the Town Hall" indicates the time, place and environment of the scene, which is the setting.
Bassy is a ______ in the play.
Bassy is a character who takes part in the dialogue and events of the play.
Jonsey's speech "Your mayoral hopeful" is addressed to
Jonsey directs the remark to Bassy after calling out to him, as shown in the dialogue exchange.
The speeches of Jonsey and Bassy illustrate
The exchange of spoken words between Jonsey and Bassy is a conversation between two characters, which is dialogue.
Resolution in a literary work is also referred to as
Resolution refers to the point where the plot's conflicts are resolved, marking the final outcome of the story.
"The moon looked on the massacre in horror!" Illustrates
Human emotion (horror) is attributed to the moon, an inanimate/natural object, which is pathetic fallacy.
A dramatic performance with scenes played by body movements or gestures without words is known as
Pantomime is a dramatic genre that tells a story through body movement, gesture and expression without spoken words.
A short poem lamenting the death of someone is
A threnody is a poem or song that mourns or laments the death of someone.
The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is
A Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains followed by a final couplet; the third stanza is therefore a quatrain.
The extract ("The boat nodded in timing with the gentle bobbing...") presents the image of
The gentle bobbing and unhurrying tide described in the extract convey a peaceful, tranquil and calm atmosphere.
The dominant literary device used in the extract is
The boat is described as "nodding" and the angler is said to "await" - human actions given to the boat - which is personification.
A fable is also known as
A fable, a brief story that conveys a moral lesson often using animal or inanimate characters, is also called an apologue.
Exaggerating one's personal features for comic relief is
Caricature is the exaggeration or distortion of a person's features or characteristics for comic or satirical effect.
"At the last head count, the population of the school was three thousand" is an example of
"Head count" uses a part (head) to represent the whole (person), which is synecdoche.
The prevailing atmosphere (in the passage about the crowd marching to the chief's palace) is
The crowd marching, singing war songs, and the guards preparing for a siege create a tense atmosphere.
"Join in with it, lead it on, but finally, veer it from" illustrates
The repeated grammatical structure (verb + preposition + pronoun) across the phrase demonstrates parallelism.
The attitude of the writer towards Sasu is one of
The passage describes Sasu as trusted and loyal, using positive language that shows the writer's approval of him.
"Rattling like leaves in a storm, fear branded on their faces" illustrates
"Fear branded on their faces" personifies fear, while "rattling like leaves in a storm" is a simile comparing the guards to leaves.
The last paragraph illustrates
After building tension, Sasu turns away from the palace with the crowd, subverting the expected confrontation - an anti-climax.
"Child of scorn" (describing Miniver Cheevy) illustrates
"Child of scorn" is a metaphorical expression describing Miniver Cheevy as an outcast rejected by society.
The metrical structure (of the Miniver Cheevy poem) is predominantly
The poem's lines follow an unstressed-stressed syllable pattern typical of iambic meter.
Reading the poem, one notices that the poet is being
The poet mocks Miniver's idealisation of the past and his failure to engage with the present in a mocking, sarcastic tone.
In the last stanza, the persona is
The persona imagines Miniver dreaming of a romanticised past of knights and warriors, which is fantasizing.
The two stanzas are built on
The stanzas follow an ABAB rhyme scheme, which is alternate rhyme.
(A Midsummer Night's Dream - "So the boy Love is perjured everywhere...") The speaker is
The speaker is Helena, who is in love with Demetrius and disappointed that he has fallen for Hermia instead.
The speech shows that the speaker is
Helena's bitter, resentful tone in accusing Demetrius of being false shows that she is disappointed.
The speaker's mood stems from
Helena is angry and disappointed that Demetrius has rejected her in favour of Hermia, which is the source of her mood.
The speaker has just said farewell to
The speaker has just said farewell to Lysander, who is about to elope with Hermia into the forest.
The speaker resolves to tell
Helena resolves to tell Demetrius of Hermia's disappearance into the wood with Lysander, hoping to win his favour.
("Lysander riddles very prettily...") The speaker is
This scene shows the intimate moment between Hermia and Lysander in the wood, so the speaker is Hermia.
The speech is made in
Lysander and Hermia are in the woods, having fled Athens to escape Egeus's plan to marry Hermia to Demetrius.
The speaker and the addressee are
The speaker and addressee are Lysander and Hermia, who are lovers.
"Now much beshrew my manners and my pride" illustrates the use of
The repeated vowel sounds in "my", "pride", "manners" and "and" create assonance.
"Thy love ne'er alter; till thy sweet life end!" implies
The line expresses that Hermia's love for Lysander will never change, even after death - an undying love.
("That fallen am I in dark uneven way...") The speaker is
This scene features the fight threat between Lysander and Demetrius, with Puck using Lysander's voice; the speaker is Lysander.
The speaker is addressing
Lysander is challenging Demetrius to a fight in this scene, so he is addressing Demetrius.
The speaker is in
References to being in a "dark uneven way" indicate the speaker is in a remote location - the woods.
"Come, thou gentle day" illustrates
The speaker directly addresses the day, an abstract concept, as if it were a person, which is apostrophe.
After the speech, the speaker
Lysander says he will rest and "sleep awhile" once daylight comes, and indeed falls asleep after the speech.
("He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt...") The speaker is
Lysander comments on Quince's unpolished delivery of the prologue to "Pyramus and Thisbe", comparing it to an untrained colt.
The character that speaks before the speaker is
Lysander's remark responds to Theseus's earlier comment that Quince "doth not stand upon points".
"It is not enough to speak, but to speak true" illustrates
This short, witty and pointed saying about speaking truthfully is an epigram.
The character that speaks after the speaker is
The next line, commenting on the prologue "like a child on a recorder", is spoken by Hippolyta.
The character that delivers the prologue is
Quince delivers the prologue to the play "Pyramus and Thisbe" performed by the artisans.
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