2022 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4

Option C is the correct answer. 

The audience's response or reaction to a work of literature is known as catharsis.

A participatory narrator is a character within the story who tells the story from their perspective. This means they are involved in the events and share their own experiences and feelings.

Option D is the correct answer. 

The quality of having a "ray" is attributed to the sun.

Option A is the correct answer.

Every line can be interpreted as a metaphor, meaning it's a creative way of describing something by comparing it to something else that has a similar characteristic.

The lines "I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands" is an example of assonance. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or phrase. In this case, the repetition of the short "e" sound in "step," "let," and "the" is a clear example of assonance.

A chanson is a French term that generally refers to a song, particularly from the medieval and Renaissance periods. It encompasses various themes, but often includes songs of love.

Option D is the correct answer. 

The rhyme scheme is the main literary figure in the passage above because of the appearance of sound and the patternized movement or flow of the words.

Option A is the correct answer. 

The oldest genre of literature is poetry.

Option C is the correct answer. 

Flash back brings past occurrences into the present.

Option D is the correct answer. 

An elegy is a poem written in sorrow for the dead, often mourning the loss of figures such as a hunter or blacksmith.