Post Utme Ahmadu Bello University English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

Identify the odd one out of these types of imagery.

A. Visual imagery
B. Tactile imagery
C. Synaesthesia
D. Literal imagery

Question 7:

When a poet uses mainly soft vowel sounds in a poem, the texture of the poem is ____________

A. Mellifluous
B. Harsh
C. Assonantal
D. Neutral

Question 8:

The sounds in the following lines may be described as an example of:

The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees

A. Alliteration
B. Euphony
C. Cacophony
D. A mixture of all above

Question 9:

The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny".

This statement can be described as:

A. Metaphoric
B. Literal
C. Tragic
D. A simile

Question 10:

The literary technique in which a reader is taken to the past of a current action is known as ____________

A. Rewinding
B. Fast-forward
C. Flashback
D. Repetition