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

Question 61:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term assonance refers of

A. Repetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
B. Agreement of vowel sounds in a line
C. Repetition of vowels in a line
D. Agreement of consonants in a line

Question 62:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

A. Irony
B. Paradox
C. Contrast
D. Parallelism

Question 63:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'One man with a head
shaven clean as a potato
whispered to the rising sun,
a red eye wiped by a tattered
handkerchief of clouds.'
Mtshali, 'Men in Chains
The figures of speech employed in the lines above are

A. Metaphor and onomatopoeia
B. Simile and metonymy
C. Metaphor and simile
D. Personification and onomatopoeia

Question 64:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Whereat: with blade, with bloody blameful blade.
He bravely broached his boiling bloody best'.
The dominant figure of speech in the lines above is

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Repetition

Question 65:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The device used by writers to give truths by indirection is called

A. Irony
B. Paradox
C. Hyperbole
D. Satire