Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 186:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The insertion of material unrelated or distantly related to the insertion of material unrelated or distantly related to the specific subject under discussion in a given work is called

A. Digression
B. Flashback
C. Regression
D. Reverie

Question 187:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becauses

A. An irony
B. A symbol
C. A subject
D. An epigram

Question 188:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place

A. Simultaneously
B. Intermittently
C. In a single revolution of the sun
D. Within the same locale

Question 189:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A short, carefully phrased expression meant to elicit amusement and surprise is

A. Hyperbole
B. Limerick
C. Tercet
D. Wit

Question 190:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles'History's stammerer when will your memory master the vowels of your father's name?
Niyi Osundare: Waiting Laughter's
The literary device used in the excerpt above is

A. Apostrophe
B. Rhetorical question
C. Pun
D. Run-on-line