2018 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

41

He who writes a prose is a__________?

A
Poet
B
Writer
C
Author
D
Actor
correct option: c

An Author is who writes a prose

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42

In drama, the protagonist is ________

A
the writer of the drama
B
the leading character
C
the “nice guy”
D
the actor
correct option: b

A protagonist is the leading character or the major characters in a play film or novel, the protagonist is the advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.

The antagonist is the opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character. Every good story should have an antagonist.
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43

Tension between the protagonist and the antagonist is called______

A
Climax
B
Concrete
C
Conflict
D
Confident
correct option: a

The climax (turning point) of a narrative work is its point of highest tension between the protagonist and the antagonist in a drama

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44

The phrase “living death” in a literary work is an example_____________

A
Synecdoche
B
Prose
C
Oxymoron
D
Aside
correct option: c

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

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45

Group of lines are called _____

A
Sentences
B
Stanzas
C
Danzas
D
Line Grouping
correct option: b

A group of lines in a poem is known as a stanza

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46

A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________

A
Simile
B
Aside
C
Parallelism
D
Irony
correct option: c

Parallelism is a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same or similar in construction, it could be a word, phrase an entire sentence repeated. A perfect example is the Martin Luther king Jr’s famous “I have a dream” repetition makes the speech compelling and rhythmic as well as memorable.

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47

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him…

  The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_____________

A
Anger
B
Alienation
C
Hope
D
Despair
correct option: d
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48

"Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________?

A
Alliteration
B
Rhyme
C
Satire
D
Digression
correct option: a

Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.

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49

What does the playwright do?

A
Writes a poem
B
Writes a book
C
Writes a play
D
Directs a drama
correct option: c

A playwright is someone who writes plays for the stage.

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50

Which of these is the meaning of “CAST”?

A
a list of all characters in a drama
B
what the character is saying
C
the person who writes the drama
D
a list of protagonists in a drama
correct option: a

Cast is the list of all characters in a drama.

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