Figures of speech - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 86:

• JAMB 2014

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

A. Catharsis
B. Catastrophe
C. Epilogue
D. Exposition

Question 87:

• JAMB 2014

He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of

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

Question 88:

• JAMB 2014

Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

A. Litotes
B. Innuendo
C. Hyperbole
D. Euphemism

Question 89:

• JAMB 2014

'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 excerpts above is

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

Question 90:

• JAMB 2021

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

A. Irony
B. Paradox
C. Contrast
D. Parallelism