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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1989 Literature In English Questions

Question 31:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
Which of the following BEST describes a balled?
  • A Short literary song
  • B Short literary story
  • C Short story that contains a song
  • D Short song that tells a story
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Question 32:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A story, exemplifying a moral thesis, in which animals talk and act like human beings, is called
  • A An anecdote
  • B A parable
  • C A fable
  • D An exemplum
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Question 33:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
The main distinguishing feature of literature is that it
  • A Tells untrue stories
  • B Is relevant to life
  • C Deals with exciting and memorable events
  • D Presents fictional accounts of human experience
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Question 34:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A poem written in honour and praise of somebody else is
  • A A eulogy
  • B An epic
  • C An epigram
  • D A lyric
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Question 35:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea...'
'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by S.T.
Coleridge
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A Paradox
  • B Repetition
  • C Alliteration
  • D Antithesis
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