Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 191:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A work which takes place in a non-existent world or which concerns an incredible character is

A. Romance
B. Fantasy
C. Parody
D. Superstition

Question 192:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

A. Play-within-the-play
B. Comic scene
C. Comic relief
D. Tragi-comedy

Question 193:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A travelogue is

A. The account of the travails of a character in novle
B. A record of the writer's experiences during a journey
C. A variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
D. The account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime

Question 194:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The sides of a stage are called

A. The ways
B. Both sides
C. The pits
D. The wings

Question 195:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesMonometer is a

A. Single meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
B. Line repeated in the first syllable of a word
C. Single foot used in John Milton's sonnets
D. Line of verse consisting of a metrical foot