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

Question 61:

• JAMB 2017

"I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ?

A. Synedole
B. Euphemism
C. Repetition
D. Irony

Question 62:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


An example of a narrative poem is ________?

A. Elegy
B. Epic
C. Dirge
D. Sonnet

Question 63:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption


The play portrays the judiciary as

A. Unserious and lenient
B. Consistent and just
C. Corrupt and weak
D. Patronising and self-righteous

Question 64:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called

A. Psychological novel
B. Picaresque
C. Autobiography
D. Satirical novel

Question 65:

• JAMB 2017

"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face"


The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

A. Irony
B. Synedoche
C. Symbolism
D. Euphemism