Jamb Literature in English 1999 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Nightfall! Nightfall!
You are my mortal enemy'.
The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall inSoweto' is

A. An ode
B. Allusion
C. Apostrophe
D. Dramatic

Question 27:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The line 'under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres' in Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' is a good example of

A. Alliteration
B. Metonymy
C. Contrast
D. Similitude

Question 28:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A denouement in a play

A. Causes conflicts
B. Creates conflicts
C. Resolves conflicts
D. Creates catastrophe

Question 29:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A couplet refers to

A. Two successive lines of rhyming verse
B. Two stanzas that cannot stand alone
C. Four irregular verses in stanzas
D. Poetry that is actd on stage

Question 30:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A foil in drama is also known as

A. Flat character
B. Protagonist
C. Round character
D. Antagonist