2022 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
31
Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is
A
exposition
B
epilogue
C
catharsis
D
catastrophe
32
The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is
A
omniscient narrator
B
participatory narrator
C
objective narrator
D
subjective narrator
33
"Rays of sun", the line is an example of
A
Synecdoche
B
Irony
C
Apostrophe
D
Personification
34
'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour'
- William Blake
To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
paradox
D
hyperbole
35
"I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a
A
Aspotrophe
B
Alliteration
C
Repetitiion
D
Assonance
36
Chanson is term denoting a
A
popular Korean verse
B
Song from the middle Ages
C
Form of love song
D
poem of Varied Metrical forms
37
'The fair breeze blewThe white foam flewThe furrow followed freeWe were the first that ever burstInto that silent sea.'The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
A
repetition
B
alliteration
C
paradox
D
rhyme scheme
38
Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?
A
Poetry
B
Prose
C
Aroma
D
Drama
39
A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is
A
anti-climax
B
interlude
C
flashback
D
foreshadowing
40
The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...
The extract above is an example of
A
epic
B
eulogy
C
ballad
D
elegy
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