LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 126:

• JAMB 1987

'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'
The dominant literary device in this passage is

A. Metaphor
B. Oxymoron
C. Synecdoche
D. Personification

Question 127:

• JAMB 1987

'Was it for this you took such constant care
The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?
For this your locks in paper durance bound?
For this with tort'ring iron wreath'd round?
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

A. Synecdoche
B. Rhetorical questions
C. Parody
D. Apostrophe.

Question 128:

• JAMB 1987

'A dungeon horrible, one all sides round'
As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible'.
The phrase 'darkness visible' in the above lines is an example of

A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Oxymoron
D. Litotes.

Question 129:

• JAMB 1987

'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is

A. Zeugma
B. Oxymoron
C. Hyperbole
D. Onomotopoeia

Question 130:

• JAMB 1987

'For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.
The tone in these lines suggest

A. The authors desire to accomplish more in life
B. Anxiety and tension
C. Tediousness and boredom
D. Anger and exasperation.