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

Question 311:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called

A. Deus ex machina
B. Endnote
C. Climax
D. Denouement

Question 312:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they

A. Have a regular rhythm
B. Rhyme
C. Are accented and unaccented
D. Are well structured

Question 313:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The ode and the elegy are examples of

A. Sonnet
B. Lyrical poetry
C. Narrative poetry
D. Blank verse

Question 314:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to

A. Be heavilymoralistic
B. Be clearly cohesive
C. Possess the unities
D. Have tragic elements

Question 315:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles. With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth,'
John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The above lines are an example of

A. Tautology
B. Comic relief
C. Euphemism
D. Consonance