Narrative Techniques/Devices - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 1985

The narrator in Mission to Kala is

A. Mongo Beti
B. Medza
C. Mama
D. Niam
E. Zambo.

Question 12:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.
The story in the book is told from the point of view of

A. Nwabunor
B. Obanua
C. A first person narrator
D. A third person narrator

Question 13:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'In any case with the help of the loyal armed forces thank God, the incipient revolt had been quickly mastered, and the recalcitrant farmers had been finally persuaded back into fulfilling their patriotic duties of starving in order that the rulers might live and belch'. Kolera Koleji by Femi Osofisan The two most prominent weapons of satire in this passage are

A. Understatement and hyperbole
B. Irony and metaphor
C. Simile and personification
D. Irony and understatement

Question 14:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'Created half to rise, and half to fal;Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled;The glory, jest, and riddle of the world'.These lines from Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Man' show a skilful exploitation of the rhetorical device of

A. Zeugma
B. Oxymoron
C. Antithesis
D. Conceit

Question 15:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
The letter from used in the novel is particularly effective because it

A. Is dramatic in impact
B. Dispenses with dialogue
C. Is an intimate form of expression
D. Is tragic in content