Jamb Literature in English 2018 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2018

A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________

A. Simile
B. Aside
C. Parallelism
D. Irony

Question 17:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...


The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_____________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 18:

• JAMB 2018

"Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________?

A. Alliteration
B. Rhyme
C. Satire
D. Digression

Question 19:

• JAMB 2018

What does the playwright do?

A. Writes a poem
B. Writes a book
C. Writes a play
D. Directs a drama

Question 20:

• JAMB 2018

Which of these is the meaning of “CAST”?

A. A list of all characters in a drama
B. What the character is saying
C. The person who writes the drama
D. A list of protagonists in a drama