Literary principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 166:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesBlack theater is drama concerned with

A. Mourners dressed in black
B. Actors of black origin
C. The identity of black Americans
D. Africans of West Indian origin

Question 167:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

A. Epanalepsis
B. Antithesis
C. Envoi
D. Irony

Question 168:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesThat quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is

A. Pathopoeia
B. Pathos
C. Pataphysics
D. Patois

Question 169:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as

A. Hamartia
B. Anagnorisis
C. Hubris
D. Anamnesis

Question 170:

• JAMB 2008

This question is based on General Literary Principles.An epic is a heroic story which includes

A. Ballad
B. Lyric
C. Myth
D. Dialogue