GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 506:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesAn expression that signifies a whole through its significant parts is

A. Synaesthesia
B. Synecdoche
C. Metonymy
D. Allegory

Question 507:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

A. Repetition
B. Paradox
C. Refrain
D. Parallelism

Question 508:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesThe pride that contributes to the fall of a tragic character in a play is known as

A. Harmatia
B. Catharsis
C. Hubris
D. Epistasis

Question 509:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is called

A. A spondee
B. A trochee
C. An anapest
D. An iamb

Question 510:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as

A. Triplet
B. Triolet
C. Trilogy
D. Triad