Post Utme University of Calabar Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

"But at my back I always heard Time'swinged chariot hurrying near illustrates ____________

A. Metapho
B. Apostrophe
C. Oxymoron
D. Metonymny

Question 7:

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is ____________

A. Copyright
B. An authority
C. An authors right
D. A constitutio nal provision

Question 8:

When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called ____________

A. A sonnet
B. An epic
C. A ballad
D. A singer's story

Question 9:

An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a ____________

A. Nexamete
B. Hyperbole
C. Metapho
D. Soloquy

Question 10:

A burlesque is ____________

A. An exaggerated mockery of a literary work
B. A sentimenta commedy
C. Am account of a famou's person life
D. A rhetorical device used for effect in poetry