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

Question 536:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A fable is a story in which

A. Allegations are made about characters
B. Animals or things are used as characters
C. There is an important setting
D. The story is told in poetic form

Question 537:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is

A. Euphemism
B. Synedoche
C. Catharsis
D. Oxymoron

Question 538:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The main aim of of caricature is to

A. Describe
B. Expose
C. Emphasize
D. Ridicule

Question 539:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
O! Ceremony,show me but thy worth What is thy soul of adoration
The figure of speech in the lines above is

A. Antithesis
B. Invocation
C. Personification
D. Apostrophe

Question 540:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"What eyes will watch our large mouths
Shaped by the laughter of big children
What eyes will watch our large mouths?"
Birage Diop:Vanity
The tone of the lines above is one of

A. Sarcasm
B. Sacrilege
C. Chiasmus
D. Eulogy