Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 136:

• JAMB 2018

A literacy genre which directly imitates human actions is______?

A. Drama
B. Comedy
C. Prose
D. Poetry

Question 137:

• JAMB 2018

A fable is a story in which________?

A. Allegations are made about characters
B. Animal is or things are used as characters
C. There is an important setting
D. The story is told in poetic form

Question 138:

• JAMB 2018

The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________?

A. Euphemism
B. Synecdoche
C. Catharsis
D. Oxymoron

Question 139:

• JAMB 2018

The main aim of caricature is to_______?

A. Describe
B. Expose
C. Emphasise
D. Ridicule

Question 140:

• JAMB 2018

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as _________?

A. Characteristics
B. Allegory
C. Metaphor
D. Parallelism