Narrative Techniques/Devices - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2019

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ...

A. Anadiplosis
B. Chiasmus
C. Anaphora
D. Hendiadys

Question 2:

• JAMB 2019

The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________

A. A second person narrator
B. A first person narrator
C. An omniscient narrator
D. None

Question 3:

• JAMB 2018

Characterisation in a novel refers to the _____?

A. Writer's opinion of the characters
B. Way the characters are revealed to the reader
C. Characters and the way they behave
D. Reader's opinion of the character

Question 4:

• JAMB 2017

[/b]This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless[/b]


The narrative style adopted in the novel is

A. Second persons
B. Third person
C. Interior monologue
D. First person

Question 5:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.


This novel can be described as

A. Satirical
B. Metaphysical
C. Paradoxical
D. Allegorical