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

Question 381:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

A. Short verses
B. Rhythmic verses
C. Free verses
D. Irregular verses

Question 382:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

A. Irony
B. Paradox
C. Contrast
D. Parallelism

Question 383:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Shelly''Ode to the West Wind'
The literary device used here is

A. An apostrophe
B. An allegory
C. A poetic license
D. A rhetoric

Question 384:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on

A. A melodious manipulation of events
B. Ingredients that mllow down events
C. Sensational plot and characters
D. The playwright's didactic overtones

Question 385:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

A. An anagnorisis
B. A tragic flaw
C. A catharsis
D. A catastrophe