Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2018

The phrase “living death” in a literary work is an example_____________

A. Synecdoche
B. Prose
C. Oxymoron
D. Aside

Question 32:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt"
The device used in the line above is__________

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

Question 33:

• JAMB 2018

A poet‘s use of regular rhythm is known as _______?

A. Allegory
B. Assonance
C. Metre
D. Onomatopoeia

Question 34:

• JAMB 2018

A literacy genre which directly imitates human actions is______?

A. Drama
B. Comedy
C. Prose
D. Poetry

Question 35:

• JAMB 2018

The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________?

A. Euphemism
B. Synecdoche
C. Catharsis
D. Oxymoron