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

Question 11:

• JAMB 2015

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

A. Prologue
B. Oxymoron
C. Apostrophe
D. Costume

Question 12:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles


In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a

A. Device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
B. Situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trends of events
C. Difficult situation which defies a logical or national resolution
D. Device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says

Question 13:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on William Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.
'.... So tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival
To an important child that hath them.

new robes and may not wear.

The literary device used in the excerpt is

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Oxymoron
D. Apostrophe

Question 14:

• JAMB 1979

Pick out the odd one

A. Metaphor
B. Characterization
C. Personification
D. Rythm
E. Simile

Question 15:

• JAMB 1980

Stars hide your fires;
let no light see my black and deep desires
They eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eyes fears, when it is done to see'
In these lines Shakespare uses

A. Hyperbole
B. Metonymy
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Apostophe