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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2151:
In The Flight to Australia', the following line occurs: 'Tier upon tier it towered, the terrible Apennines'. The figure of speech used in this line is known as
  • A Alliteration
  • B Litotes
  • C Exaggeration
  • D Parody
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Question 2152:
Based on the novel; <b>Kossoh Town Boy</b><br/><br/>If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography, we mean that it is
  • A A historical novel
  • B A piece of writing telling us about the Life of its author
  • C A short story
  • D A narrative tale
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Question 2153:
You cannot know<br/> And should not bother<br/>Tide and market come and go<br/>And so shall your mother<br/><br/>In this verse the poet uses
  • A Alternate rhymes
  • B Monomyme
  • C Couplets
  • D Triplets
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Question 2154:
Another shoal of cars swam past.<br/>One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing,<br/>elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver;<br/>a thousand guineas it would have cost, he thought.<br/>In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of
  • A Birds
  • B Ants
  • C Fish
  • D Lampposts
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Question 2155:
Pick out the odd item
  • A A Raisin in the Sun
  • B Twelfth Night
  • C Ozidi
  • D The Concubine
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