Jamb Literature in English 1989 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea...'
'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by S.T.
Coleridge
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

A. Paradox
B. Repetition
C. Alliteration
D. Antithesis

Question 37:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
In literary criticism, the vocabulary or language used by a writer is generally known as

A. Diction
B. Figures of speech
C. Characterization
D. Rhythms

Question 38:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'Hall to then, blithe spirit!
Bird thou wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art!
'To A Shylark' by P.B. Shelley
The main figure of speech in the above passage is

A. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole
C. Euphemism
D. Metonymy

Question 39:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'The story of my life, which I am about to record Is one full of striking incident Keener pange, deeper joys more singular vicissitudes, few have been led in God's providence to experience. As I look back on it through the vista of more than sixty years and scene on scene it rise before me an ever fresh wonder fils my mind. I delight to recall it, I dwell on it as did the Jews on the marvellous history of thir rescue from the bondage of Egypt' Black Slave Narratives J.F. Bayliss (ed)
The literary term used for this kind of writing is

A. Biography
B. Autograph
C. Orthography
D. Autobiography

Question 40:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone
And laid mine honour too unchary out' Twelveth Night by W. Shakespeare
The above lamentation is an example of a

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Zeugma