Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 361:

Questions are based on Literary Appreciation.

"I felt unsafe. with scratches
of uncertain weather
security in the detention camp"
Jared Angira Silent Voices, p. 42
The mood of the poet persona in the excerpt above is that of ____________

A. Vertigo
B. Euphoria
C. Coyness
D. Anxiety

Question 362:

Questions are based on Literary Appreciation.

"A parade of legal robbers
The state sponsored assembly of Terminators of the less privileged Colleagues of the underworld'. Kayode Ariyo
"Licensed Robbers" p. 20
The tone of the excerpt above is that of ____________

A. Flattery
B. Sarcasm
C. Admiration
D. Despair

Question 363:

The poetic device in which a part is used to represent the whole is called ____________

A. Metonymy
B. Synecdoche
C. Hyperbole
D. Litotes

Question 364:

Questions are based on Literary appreciation "I or tools"

No more than books we had
And the will to make a noise!
Joe de Graft. "University Franchise Day"
The tone of the excerpt above is that of ____________

A. Self-mockery
B. Self-praise
C. Admonition
D. Recrimination

Question 365:

Questions are based on Literary appreciation "I or tools"

"Today I stand in the cloud remembering my good in mood on that stage where I once stood waving at the cheering crowd
Oluemi Ojediran "At your back"
The sound devices in the excerpt above are ____________

A. Assonance and rhyme
B. Alliteration and onomatopoeia
C. Repetition and assonance
D. Caesura and rhyme