Literary principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


An art that is both literary and theatrical is

A. A prose
B. A poem
C. Drama
D. Prosody

Question 32:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

A. Pathos
B. Parody
C. Pyrrhic
D. Props

Question 33:

• JAMB 2015

The account of experiences of an individual during the course of a journey is known as

A. An epilogue
B. An autobiography
C. A travelogue
D. A prologue

Question 34:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
The literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'

A. Alliteration and assonance
B. Simile and irony
C. Repetition and alliteration
D. Rhyme and rhythm

Question 35:

• JAMB 1978

Essentially,plays are meant

A. To be read for sheer pleasure
B. To make us laugh
C. To be presented on stage through words and actions
D. To keep people out of trouble
E. To change the whole world