LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 316:

• JAMB 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Sweet smile in time of snari gives pride in spite of sneer sing, rid this world of despair and save a snared heart from cascading stream of strife.The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

A. Rhyme
B. Alliteration
C. Repetition
D. Onomatopoeia

Question 317:

• JAMB 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'My heart leaps up when I behold A rain in the sky:So was it when my life began;or Let me die!The Child is the father of the man;And I could wish my day to beBound each to each by natural piety.'William Wordsworth: My heart leaps up when I behold.
The expression The child is the father of the man in the poem above is an example of

A. Paradox
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Ellipsis

Question 318:

• JAMB 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.If the earth were mortal Where would the flower live?If you left the earth What would happen to beauty?The poet's tone above can be described as

A. Lamentative
B. Satiric
C. Imploring
D. Adoring

Question 319:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.Biokun: I did it for her!Let theme laugh!Let them condemn me. I who have always derided superstition. I have gone back to the shrine of Olokun. At least if he dies, Oroki will know I tried everything.Femi Osofisan: No More the Wasted BreedBiokun's mood in this passage is one of

A. Desperation
B. Frustration
C. Anger
D. Anxiety

Question 320:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust...Niyi Osundara: Waiting LaughtersThe imagery used in the second line of the extract above is

A. Olfactory
B. Visual
C. Tactile
D. Auditory