2019 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The object of the extract is____?
The subject matter in Lenrie Peter's " panic of growing older" may likened to the extract ; especially with the paradox in the line 6 , pointing to the substitution and / or reversal of strength and responsibility from a child of his father thereafter when the father becomes of age.
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 1 is ________
'My heart leaps' is a good example of personification. Evidence the fact that the heart is being personified to act as though it were real , physical human being.
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______
Probably on the first instance the statement may not seem true but with a closer examination it appears to be true and realistic.
The atmosphere of a poem has to do with_________
The mood and tone of a poem influences a writer while writing, however it is the aura or the surrounding atmospheric presence , or situational environment.
An overused expression is a/an _________
A woman's place is in the kitchen.' that is a good example of Cliche however cliche is a figuretive language for a phrase that has been over used and also has been of common place without much relevance and originality.
What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________
Through the usage of imaginative thinking to reflect on realities of the day and those of the future, literature establishes it's outstanding quality over and beyond other discipline such as science and the social sciences.
In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______
Comic relief have the effect of creating a fine balance in tragedies such that the funny events and actors drag the minds of the audience to hilarious and calm situations outside the surrounding pitiful purgation of emotions. Comic relief are necessary in tragidies to calm down the tension of the audience having some horrific scene or event.
'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______
Further examination reveals paradox altruism and proverbial importance of it expression though it may seem untrue at first sight.
The art of using persuasive words in literary works is known as_______
Literature adopts the skill often through the use of colourful and powerful language and style to drive home its message and essence. Rhetorics is the art of winning men's mind with words According to Aristotle.
A poem is said to be good if it________
Good poetry not only conveys its message through the means of appealing words flow but also makes good sense therefore has rhyme and reason is the best answer.