Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 236:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as

A. Climax
B. Tragic flaw
C. Comic relief
D. Terse

Question 237:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on General Literary Principles.
The speech made by a character to himself on stage is

A. Aside
B. Soliloquy
C. Monologue
D. Epilogue

Question 238:

• JAMB 2013

"Will college make you a better Olokun
priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors
better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-
hearted priest
of Olokun. Did I go to college?"
Grace Osifo: Dizzy
The literary device used in the passage above is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Parallelism

Question 239:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
Aaron'...All I need really is a place in an Art school, engineering can go hang itself.
The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is

A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Metonymy
D. Synecdoche

Question 240:

• JAMB 2014

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

A. Pyrrhic
B. Props
C. Pathos
D. Parody