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

Question 401:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The line 'under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres' in Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' is a good example of

A. Alliteration
B. Metonymy
C. Contrast
D. Similitude

Question 402:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A denouement in a play

A. Causes conflicts
B. Creates conflicts
C. Resolves conflicts
D. Creates catastrophe

Question 403:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A couplet refers to

A. Two successive lines of rhyming verse
B. Two stanzas that cannot stand alone
C. Four irregular verses in stanzas
D. Poetry that is actd on stage

Question 404:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A foil in drama is also known as

A. Flat character
B. Protagonist
C. Round character
D. Antagonist

Question 405:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Whereat: with blade, with bloody blameful blade.
He bravely broached his boiling bloody best'.
The dominant figure of speech in the lines above is

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Repetition