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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2171:
This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.<br/><br/>"I shall booze and zoom" contains a device called
  • A Alliteration
  • B Imagery
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Hyperbole
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Question 2172:
"The sun used to smile in my hut".<br/><br/>The line is an example of
  • A Apostrophe
  • B Personification
  • C Rhetorical Question
  • D Zeugma
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Question 2173:
The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Euphemism
  • C Pun
  • D Antithesis
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Question 2174:
The combination of two or more metaphors is called
  • A Monometaphor
  • B Dymetaphor
  • C Mixed metaphor
  • D Combined metaphor
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Question 2175:
________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.
  • A Referrals
  • B Chiasmus
  • C Metonymy
  • D Allusions
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