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

Question 91:

• JAMB 2015

The account of experiences of an individual during the course of a journey is known as

A. An epilogue
B. An autobiography
C. A travelogue
D. A prologue

Question 92:

• JAMB 2015

Read the extract below and this answer question.


The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of
dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream
as it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line 3 is

A. Litotes
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Synecdoche

Question 93:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
The literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'

A. Alliteration and assonance
B. Simile and irony
C. Repetition and alliteration
D. Rhyme and rhythm

Question 94:

• JAMB 2015

In literary devices, pun deals with

A. Placing words side by side
B. Playing on words
C. Arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
D. Placing two opposite phrases

Question 95:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.
The figure of speech in the lines above is

A. Antithesis
B. Apostrophe
C. Personification
D. Euphemism