2022 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3

Option B is the correct answer.

The poetry form known as the "mock-epic" makes advantage of the exalted and serious style of the epic to explore unimportant and unimportant matters.

Option B is the correct answer.

Events and actions cause a dynamic character to change. This is why he is also called a round character. 

Option C is the correct answer.

A major message in a literary work is its theme.

The question describes a dramatic work that ridicules an individual or private institute. Here's a breakdown of why the options are correct or incorrect: * **A. lampoon:** A lampoon is a sharp satire directed against a person or institution. This fits the description provided in the question. * **B. caricature:** A caricature exaggerates the features of a person, often for comic effect, but it is not necessarily dramatic. * **C. burlesque:** Burlesque is a form of entertainment that ridicules a subject, often through exaggeration and vulgarity. While it involves ridicule, it may not be directed against a specific individual or institution as directly as a lampoon. * **D. satire:** Satire is a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn

Option A is the correct answer. 

A subject matter is also known as a summary.

Option C is the correct answer. 

The repetition of a word or phrase at the start of each new line of poetry is known as Anaphora.

Option A is the correct answer. 

The comparison of two things with different classes but has the same characteristic using the word "like" is called simile. 

Option B is the correct answer. 

Dramatis personae in a play refers to the List of characters.

Option B is the correct answer. 

A tragic hero's reversal of fortune is known as peripeteia. It is commonly accepted that a tragic character's mistake must result in punishment. As a result, the repercussions of such become unredeemable.

Option D is the correct answer.

The placement of two contradicting words placed side by side is known as Oxymoron.