Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 61:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbol is known as

A. Characterization
B. Allegory
C. Metaphor
D. Parallelism

Question 62:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through
'........They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests.......'
_ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Synecdoche
D. Antonym

Question 63:

• JAMB 2015

A significant of a whole through its significant part is

A. Allegory
B. Pun
C. Synecdoche
D. Cast

Question 64:

• JAMB 2015

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

A. Prologue
B. Oxymoron
C. Apostrophe
D. Costume

Question 65:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles


In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a

A. Device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
B. Situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trends of events
C. Difficult situation which defies a logical or national resolution
D. Device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says