GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 171:

• JAMB 1986

Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of

A. Repetition of symbolic references
B. Rhetorical questions
C. Exaggeration
D. Flowering language.

Question 172:

• JAMB 1986

The theme of Gabriel Okara's 'piano and Drums' is usually summed up in the phrase

A. Clash of cultures
B. Primal youth of the African
C. Beauty of the Concerto
D. The decay of African Civilization.

Question 173:

• JAMB 1986

Tunde's long and vigorous speech was followed by a deafening silence.
The phrase deafening silence is used as a figure of speech called

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

Question 174:

• JAMB 1986

'No; This my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green and red .'
In the above lines the figure of speech used is

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Hyperbole
D. Paradox

Question 175:

• JAMB 1986

When the speech is written so as to be understood in one way by a certain character, while the audience or another character understands it to have some secret and special meaning, the literary device used in this context is called

A. Dramatic irony
B. Paradox
C. Allusion
D. Hyperbole.