2023 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

The poetic device in the expression "Rage is chief" is ___

________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

Be him English

Be him African

Be him Nigerian

The lines above are an example of

CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle.
CYCLIST: All right. If you\'re sure it won\'t take long.
BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers. Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next. Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy
when you\'ve abandoned it for some time.

Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.

The literary devices in the dialogue above are

A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning\'

The plot of the novel is

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

A trilogy is the

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is