Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 786:

• JAMB 1987

An ode is best described as a

A. Story told in poetic from
B. Poetic composition of fourteen lines
C. Narration about nature and natural objects
D. Lyrical poem addressed to some persons things

Question 787:

• JAMB 1987

Alliteration is

A. The use of figures of speech to achieve poetic effect
B. The repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound
C. Usually employed to set the scene for a conflict
D. All of the above

Question 788:

• JAMB 1987

An allegory is a story

A. In which people or things or events have another meaning
B. Which aims at teaching a moral lesson
C. In which allegations are made about the characters
D. Told in verse

Question 789:

• JAMB 1987

A couplet is a

A. Succession of three rhyming lines
B. Succession of two rhyming lines
C. Poem of two stanzas
D. Poem of three stanzas

Question 790:

• JAMB 1987

A sonnet is a poem of

A. Fourteen lines
B. Ten lines
C. Seven stanzas
D. Six stanzas