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

Question 71:

• JAMB 2017

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined


Vice

A. Cat
B. Dress
C. Show
D. Chalk

Question 72:

• JAMB 2017

"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

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

Question 73:

• JAMB 2016

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'

Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.


The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

Question 74:

• JAMB 2016

He is a faithful liar


The line above is an example of

A. Epigram
B. Oxymoron
C. Euphemism
D. Antithesis

Question 75:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.Oh incomprehensible God!


Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...


The literary device used in the first line is

A. Apostrophe
B. Burleques
C. Rehetoric question
D. Passion