2022 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3
Mock-heroic poetry elevates
the important tales of heroes of the past era
trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
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.
...... is also called a dynamic character
Protagonist
Round character
Flat character
Foil
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.
The subject matter of a literary work is the
plot
setting
theme
structure
Option C is the correct answer.
A major message in a literary work is its theme.
A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called
lampoon
caricature
burlesque
satire
Option A is the correct answer.
A lampoon is just directed against individual party, whereas a satire is directed at the entire society.
The summary of a literary work is also referred to as
Subject matter
Themes
Topic
Syllepsis
Option A is the correct answer.
A subject matter is also known as a summary.
"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ...
hendiadys
chiasmus
anaphora
anadiplosis
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.
'I am jealous and passonate
Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'
J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is
simile
paradox
metaphor
hyperbole
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.
Dramatis personae in a play refers to
cast list
list of characters
protagonist and antagonist
order of appearance
Option B is the correct answer.
Dramatis personae in a play refers to the List of characters.
An irredeemable reversal of the hero's fortune in a tragedy is called.
purgation
peripeteia
hubris
anagnorisis
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.
"I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of
Irony
Antithesis
Eulogy
Oxymoron
Option D is the correct answer.
The placement of two contradicting words placed side by side is known as Oxymoron.