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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1997 Literature In English Questions

Question 36:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term assonance refers of
  • A Repetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
  • B Agreement of vowel sounds in a line
  • C Repetition of vowels in a line
  • D Agreement of consonants in a line
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Question 37:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A story which explains the origin of a natural phenomenon is a
  • A Fiction
  • B Legend
  • C Parable
  • D Myth
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Question 38:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
I have received your letter. By way of a reply, I am beginning this diary, my prop is my distress. Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.
Mariama Ba, 'So Long a Letter'
By employing the first person narrator, the author of the passage above achieves
  • A Sympathy
  • B Confidentiality
  • C Authenticity
  • D Irony
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Question 39:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.
Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'
The passage above illustrates the use of
  • A Climax
  • B Deus ex machina
  • C Trance
  • D Suspense
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Question 40:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Sound effects in the theater are realizable through the use of
  • A Props
  • B Acoustics
  • C Proscenium
  • D Echoes
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