Literary terms - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


An example of a narrative poem is ________?

A. Elegy
B. Epic
C. Dirge
D. Sonnet

Question 42:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called

A. Psychological novel
B. Picaresque
C. Autobiography
D. Satirical novel

Question 43:

• JAMB 2017

"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face"


The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

A. Irony
B. Synedoche
C. Symbolism
D. Euphemism

Question 44:

• JAMB 2017

"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

A. Assonance
B. Consonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

Question 45:

• JAMB 2016

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'

Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.


The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole