Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 91:

• JAMB 1983

Identify the odd item in the following list

A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Melodrama
D. Catastrophe
E. Drama.

Question 92:

• JAMB 1983

The tendency in words to echo the meaning by the actual sound is called

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Assonance
C. Alliteration
D. Rhyme
E. Phonetics.

Question 93:

• JAMB 1983

The expression 'All the world is a stage' is a good example of the figure of speech known as

A. Personification
B. Paradox
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Metaphor.

Question 94:

• JAMB 1983

The 'Settings in a novel refers to

A. The point in the story where we first encounter the main character
B. The overall social and physical background of the main events in the novel
C. The home country of the hero or heroine
D. The location where the main event in the novel takes place
E. All the various places mentioned in the novel.

Question 95:

• JAMB 1984

A question put, not chiefly to elicit an answer, but to make an emphatic statement is known as

A. Paradoxial
B. Metaphysical
C. Logical
D. Rhetorical
E. Leading