Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 56:

• JAMB 2015

Read the extract below and this answer question.


The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of
dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream
as it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line 3 is

A. Litotes
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Synecdoche

Question 57:

• JAMB 2015

In literary devices, pun deals with

A. Placing words side by side
B. Playing on words
C. Arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
D. Placing two opposite phrases

Question 58:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on 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. Apostrophe
C. Personification
D. Euphemism

Question 59:

• JAMB 2015

Travelogue is a work of art written

A. By a famous playwright
B. Before the death of the author
C. By an unpopular novelist
D. On a journey

Question 60:

• JAMB 2015

Sweet smile in time of snarl
gives pride in spite of sneer
sing, rid this world of despair
and save, a snared heart from
cascading stream of strife

The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

A. Rhyme
B. Alliteration
C. Chiasmus
D. Onomatopoeia