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

Question 361:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Hyperbole refers specifically to

A. Exaggeration for adornment
B. Exaggeration for emphasis
C. Understatement of ideas
D. Restatement of ideas

Question 362:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term assonance refers of

A. Repetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
B. Agreement of vowel sounds in a line
C. Repetition of vowels in a line
D. Agreement of consonants in a line

Question 363:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A story which explains the origin of a natural phenomenon is a

A. Fiction
B. Legend
C. Parable
D. Myth

Question 364:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a protagonist is purged of the dominant emotions of pity and fear at the end of a tragedy, it is called

A. Catharsis
B. Dementia
C. Purgation
D. Redemption

Question 365:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called

A. A prologue
B. A soliloquy
C. An aside
D. A diatribe