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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2008 Literature In English Questions

Question 46:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Sweet smile in time of snari gives pride in spite of sneer sing, rid this world of despair and save a snared heart from cascading stream of strife.The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is
  • A Rhyme
  • B Alliteration
  • C Repetition
  • D Onomatopoeia
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Question 47:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'My heart leaps up when I behold A rain in the sky:So was it when my life began;or Let me die!The Child is the father of the man;And I could wish my day to beBound each to each by natural piety.'William Wordsworth: My heart leaps up when I behold.
The expression The child is the father of the man in the poem above is an example of
  • A Paradox
  • B Metaphor
  • C Simile
  • D Ellipsis
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Question 48:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tendersKen Kamoche: A fragile HopeThe technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is
  • A Flashback
  • B Stream of consciousness
  • C Foreshadowing
  • D Play-within-the-play
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Question 49:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.If the earth were mortal Where would the flower live?If you left the earth What would happen to beauty?The poet's tone above can be described as
  • A Lamentative
  • B Satiric
  • C Imploring
  • D Adoring
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