LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 276:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
A deliberate imitation of a literary style with the intention to ridicule is

A. Paradox
B. Prosody
C. Pun
D. Parody

Question 277:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Point of denouement in a literary work is the

A. Point at which the major character is shown in his true colours
B. Point of disagreement in a narrative
C. Point of the resolution of the puzzling issues
D. Cathartic point in a tragedy

Question 278:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Periphrasis in poetic diction is marked by

A. Circumlocution
B. Irony
C. Proverb
D. Parable

Question 279:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Melodrama is a theatrical performance in which

A. The serious is treated in a satirical way
B. Subordination of characterization to plot occurs
C. Music and dance predominate
D. Evil triumphs over good

Question 280:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles
''It is a beauteous evening, calm and free The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; The gentleness of heaven broods O'er the sea: Listen! the might Being is awake And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder-everlasting'.
W. Wordsworth: It is a Beauteous Evening
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

A. Cbba cdda
B. Bbac ddac
C. Ddca bbca
D. Abbc addc