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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1992 Literature In English Questions

Question 26:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an
  • A Allegory
  • B Allusion
  • C Ambiguity
  • D Apostrophe
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Question 27:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The word 'image' is associated with
  • A Attitude
  • B Mood
  • C Tone
  • D Abstraction
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Question 28:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a
  • A Synonym
  • B Metonym
  • C Mataphor
  • D Antonym
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Question 29:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
The figure of speech used here is
  • A Pathetic fallacy
  • B Similitude
  • C Repetition
  • D Zeugma
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Question 30:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'...let the greying day grow
....let the evening horns blow
....let the melting mountains go
....but let the sundown sow''
To Wole with Love' by Atukwei Okai
The use of the words 'melting mountains' is
  • A Metaphorical
  • B Symbolical
  • C Alliterative
  • D Rhythmical
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