2018 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 6

51

The writer of a poem is called__________?

A
Author
B
Poet
C
Writer
D
Narrator
correct option: b

A poet is someone who writes a poem is a poet

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52

This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________

A
Paragraph
B
Theme
C
Chapters
D
Characters
correct option: c

A chapter is one of the main divisions of a piece of relative length, such as a prose or law

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53

These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue_____________

A
Syncopation
B
Free Verse
C
Paragraphs
D
Euphony
correct option: c

A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences

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54

A folk-tale is a__________?

A
Novel
B
Work Of Fiction
C
Biography
D
Novelette
correct option: b

A tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

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55

In drama, the antagonist is_____________

A
the director of the drama
B
the evil witch
C
the character opposing the lead character
D
the “harsh guy
correct option: c

An antagonist is the character in a story that is against or opposes the protagonist

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56

_____________refers to time and place of a drama?

A
place
B
scene
C
setting
D
act
correct option: c

Setting in drama refers to both the time and geographic location within a piece, either fictional or non-fictional

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57

A “sub-chapter” in a piece of drama is a______________

A
Act
B
Setting
C
Verse
D
Scene
correct option: d

Sub-chapter is a subdivision of a chapter. Therefore sub-chapter is to prose as scene is to drama.

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58

What structure is poetry written in?

A
sentences and paragraphs
B
sentences and stanzas
C
lines and paragraphs
D
lines and stanzas
correct option: d

A poem is a poem when it is written in lines and stanzas, any other writing without the division into lines and stanzas is not a poem.

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59

Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________

A
inversion
B
paradox
C
humor
D
mood
correct option: b
A paradox is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to an apparently-self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion. A paradox involves contradictory-yet-interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
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60

Define “rhyme”?

A
comparing two things using “like” or “as”
B
the repetition of a letter
C
the repetition of an ending sound
D
the repetition of vowel sounds
correct option: c

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllable of two or more words. It is the correspondence of sound between or the endings of words, especially when used at the end of lines in poetry.

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