Figures of speech - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1984

A short emphatic, witty saying, often involving antithesis or paradox is an

A. Epithet
B. Epigram
C. Invective
D. Impression
E. Analogy

Question 27:

• JAMB 1984

'Assonance' is the product of a poet's use of

A. Masculine ryhme
B. Many consonant
C. Regular ryhme
D. Similar sounding vowels
E. Imaginative metaphors.

Question 28:

• JAMB 1985

Assonance in poetry is the repetition of

A. Internal vowels in words
B. Stressed syllables in words
C. Consonant sounds in words
D. Final sounds at the end of a line
E. Final sounds at the begining of a line.

Question 29:

• JAMB 1985

A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as

A. Exclamation
B. Litotes
C. Metonymy
D. Hyperbole
E. Antonym.

Question 30:

• JAMB 1985

'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of

A. Metonymy
B. Antonomasia
C. Comparison
D. Synecdoche
E. Paradox.