by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
A. admiration B. conspiracy C. greatness D. superiority Correct Answer: Option B – conspiracy Explanation As most realistic characters will not share secret plans with others onstage, asides are a way to share these thoughts with the audience without allowing...
by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
Read the extract below and answer the following questions A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again A. jocular B. harsh C. mournful D. sombre...
by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
Read the extract below and answer the following questions A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again A. allegoric B. didactic C. metaphysical...
by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
A. apostrophe B. epigram C. hyperbole D. euphemism Correct Answer: Option C – hyperbole Explanation Hyperbole is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and...
by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
A. change of setting B. conflict between two characters C. resolution of conflict D. purgation of emotion from tension Correct Answer: Option D – purgation of emotion from tension Explanation Catharsis is a literary device used to depict a release of emotions....
by Sunday | Jan 4 | Literature in English WEAC
A. an allegory B. a fable C. a novella D. an epistle Correct Answer: Option A – an allegory Explanation Allegory is a narration or description in which events, actions, characters, settings or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas. Allegory generally...