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Question 1 of 10
"The lorry groans uphill, its belly full of yams, its horn a hoarse old man who will not rest." The repetition of the h sound in "horn" and "hoarse" is an example of
Question 2 of 10
Read the lines and answer. "The harmattan walks in at dawn, its dusty sandals on our sills; it borrows the colour from the hills and leaves before the day is gone." The dominant figure of speech in the lines is
Question 3 of 10
"The harmattan walks in at dawn, its dusty sandals on our sills; it borrows the colour from the hills and leaves before the day is gone." The rhyme scheme of the stanza is
Question 4 of 10
"The drum speaks louder than the chief tonight; the village listens, and the chief keeps still." The contrast in the lines suggests that
Question 5 of 10
"So young the seedling, yet it splits the stone." The line contains
Question 6 of 10
"Drip, drip, the roof is counting all the rain, and every drop a coin it cannot spend." The tone of the lines is best described as
Question 7 of 10
"The harmattan walks in at dawn, its dusty sandals on our sills; it borrows the colour from the hills and leaves before the day is gone." "it borrows the colour from the hills" suggests that the wind
Question 8 of 10
"Drip, drip, the roof is counting all the rain, and every drop a coin it cannot spend." "Drip, drip" is an example of
Question 9 of 10
"The lorry groans uphill, its belly full of yams, its horn a hoarse old man who will not rest." The lorry's horn is compared to
Question 10 of 10
"O Moon, you lamp the poor man's road for free." Addressing the moon directly is called
Questions written by OtisamLMS in the style of the WASSCE. They are not WAEC past questions.