GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 286:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

A. A sonnet
B. An epic
C. A ballad
D. A singer's story

Question 287:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called

A. Catharsis
B. Tragi-comedy
C. Demetia
D. Cleansing

Question 288:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Comic relief is

A. The use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
B. A figure of speech used in comic theatre
C. The use of hearty and wholesome laughter in plays
D. A device used in the theatre where a play ends in marriage

Question 289:

• JAMB 1992

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

A. The last line of a poem
B. The fourth line of a sonnet
C. A poem which ends with a question
D. A stanza consisting of four lines

Question 290:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a

A. Hexameter
B. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
D. Soliloquy