Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 251:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is

A. Parallelism
B. Assonance
C. Alliteration
D. Pun

Question 252:

• JAMB 2015

The account of experiences of an individual during the course of a journey is known as

A. An epilogue
B. An autobiography
C. A travelogue
D. A prologue

Question 253:

• JAMB 2015

Read the extract below and this answer question.


The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of
dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream
as it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line 3 is

A. Litotes
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Synecdoche

Question 254:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


The old man slept in his favorite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hairs
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poet above is

A. Bbaa
B. Aabb
C. Abab
D. Baba

Question 255:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
'.... The youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning dew...'

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Oxymoron
C. Paradox
D. Simile