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

Question 191:

• JAMB 1987

Alliteration is

A. The use of figures of speech to achieve poetic effect
B. The repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound
C. Usually employed to set the scene for a conflict
D. All of the above

Question 192:

• JAMB 1987

An allegory is a story

A. In which people or things or events have another meaning
B. Which aims at teaching a moral lesson
C. In which allegations are made about the characters
D. Told in verse

Question 193:

• JAMB 1987

A couplet is a

A. Succession of three rhyming lines
B. Succession of two rhyming lines
C. Poem of two stanzas
D. Poem of three stanzas

Question 194:

• JAMB 1987

A sonnet is a poem of

A. Fourteen lines
B. Ten lines
C. Seven stanzas
D. Six stanzas

Question 195:

• JAMB 1987

An antagonist is a character in a narrative who

A. Uses abusive language to antagonize other characters
B. Works against the interest the interests of the protagonist
C. Works against the interests of other characters
D. Champions the cause of the protagonist