Figures of speech - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• JAMB 1994

"O Julius Caesar, thou are mighty yet
Thy spirit walks abroad."
Based on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the statement above is

A. A ghost story
B. Superstition
C. An apostrophe
D. An exaggeration

Question 52:

• JAMB 1994

The literary device in which there is a difference between what is stated and what is actually the case is called

A. A metaphor
B. A simile
C. A personification
D. An irony

Question 53:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The figure of speech in which a poet implicitly compares an object or idea with another totally different object or idea is called a

A. Simile
B. Denotation
C. Connotation
D. Metaphor

Question 54:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'what time night it is
I do not know
Except that like some fish
Doped out of the deep
I have bobbed up bellywise'.
J.P. Clark, 'Night Rain'
Which of the following figures of speech is employed above ?

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Hyperbole
D. Onomatopoeia

Question 55:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to as

A. Assonance
B. Apostrophe
C. Elegy
D. Personification