Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 81:

• JAMB 1982

'He sat down on a box. he took out letter he had received from Joseph the other Friday and read it again. Then he put it back. A tear, a single tear, ran down his face. he rubbed it off, rather impatiently. he poured water, cold water from a cup, into one hand and washed his face.
He was suddenly very lucid, calm inside'.
What makes this scene taken from a novel very real to the reader is the writer's use of

A. Imagery
B. Simile
C. Details
D. Uncommon words
E. Metaphor

Question 82:

• JAMB 1982

So fair fancy few would weave
In these years!
The poetic device consciously used here is

A. Personification
B. Apostrophe
C. Alliteration
D. Oxymoron
E. Simile.

Question 83:

• JAMB 1982

'Local colour'in a novel or play is feature which

A. Defines the nature of the vegetation of the setting
B. Explains the difference in patterns of behaviours of our characters
C. Refers to the racial backgrounds of the major characters in the novels or play
D. Emphazises the customs, norms, values and setting of the novel or play
E. Highlights thye ethnic origins of the various characters in the novel or play.

Question 84:

• JAMB 1982

When Di says of Eliza, 'That girl is tragedy already' she means

A. Eliza faces the threat of premature death
B. Eliza is a pathetic victim of culture conflict
C. Eliza is the tragic heroine of the novel
D. Eliza will not survive her illness
E. Eliza is suffering fron an undiagnosed diseases.

Question 85:

• JAMB 1983

We sang that song before
In the thousand seasons of good harvest
And full fish fo0llowing our father's footprints
On the long shores.
A poetic device consciously used by Awoonor in these lines (from more message) is

A. Apostrophe
B. Alliteration
C. Simile
D. Onomotopoeia
E. Personification.