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

Question 321:

• JAMB 1994

An over-used expression is

A. A cliche
B. A cacophony
C. An epigram
D. An archetype

Question 322:

• JAMB 1994

The literary device in which there is a difference between what is stated and what is actually the case is called

A. A metaphor
B. A simile
C. A personification
D. An irony

Question 323:

• JAMB 1994

A sub-plot is

A. A major turn or complication in the main story
B. The second part of the main plot
C. A secondary plot dealing with a different theme
D. An aspect of the main plot recited by a different narrator

Question 324:

• JAMB 1994

What basically distinguishes Literature from other disciplines is its

A. Use of creative imagination
B. Exposition of human experience
C. Communication of ideas
D. Portrayal of places

Question 325:

• JAMB 1994

"Stream of consciousness" is the name for

A. A narrative mode that produces a character's random thoughts and associations
B. An italian rhyme scheme brought into vogue in the sixteenth century
C. A stage device in the actor addresses the audience directly
D. A cultural phenomenon of the eighteenth century