Literary principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 186:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is

A. Trochaic decametre
B. Iambic pentametre
C. Anapestic metre
D. Dactylic metre

Question 187:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A fable is a story in which

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

Question 188:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a

A. Stanza in poetry
B. Meter in poetry
C. Trope in poetry
D. Verse in poetry

Question 189:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work that teaches moral is said to be

A. Instructive
B. Corrective
C. Impressive
D. Didactic

Question 190:

• JAMB 2014

A plot in a literary work is about

A. Character delineation
B. Casual arrangement of events
C. Resolution of conflicts
D. Law of poetic justic