Jamb 2023 Literature Past Questions And Answers
The imagery in the excerpt above is largely
- A. olfactory and visual
- B. auditory and visual
- C. tactile and auditory
- D. olfactory and tactile
The literary device used in the passage above is
- A. onomatopoeia
- B. parallelism
- C. metaphor
- D. simile
In the passage above, the speaker can be described as
- A. hungry
- B. domineering
- C. friendly
- D. treacherous
Lineation refers to
- A. the arrangement of lines in verse form
- B. the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
- C. the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
- D. tracing family descent of poeple in verse
Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?
- A. Aroma
- B. Poetry
- C. Drama
- D. Prose
The indication that Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel is culturally set is its use of_____
- A. dance and songs
- B. flashback.
- C. foreshadowing
- D. irony
*For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that
complained in his hair.
John Updike,Wash
The image set in the lines above are of
- A. rain and flood in June
- B. discomfort and likely destruction
- C. the days of Noah
- D. an animal insects and fun
The process of creating character and endowing them with certain attitude is ......
- A. Action
- B. Character
- C. Characterization
- D. Dramatis personae
The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is
- A. an authority to write
- B. a copyright
- C. an author's right
- D. a constitutional provision
The combination of two or more metaphors is called
- A. Monometaphor
- B. Dymetaphor
- C. Mixed metaphor
- D. Combined metaphor