Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2019

_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece

A. Analepsis
B. Prolepsis
C. Interlude
D. Fatalism

Question 22:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The mood of the writer is that of _____?

A. Elation
B. Sarcasm
C. Sorrow
D. Anxiety

Question 23:

• JAMB 2019

________is used to describe the 'god of inspiration' in literature

A. Muse
B. Premiere
C. Mood
D. Deux Ex Machina

Question 24:

• JAMB 2019

The literary term for conflict in literature is_________

A. Agon
B. Hubris
C. Hamartia
D. Anaphora

Question 25:

• JAMB 2018

An act of speaking one’s thought aloud by oneself, regardless of any hearer, in a play is known as____________

A. Metaphor
B. Fable
C. Comedy
D. Soliloquy