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Question 1
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


'Me to the Orangery Solitude invites, a wagtail, to tell the tangled-wood-tale.
Christopher Okigbo: Heavensgate

The complexity of the poem can be ascribed to the poets use of

Aarchaic diction
Bstructural inversion
Ccompound words
Dextended metaphor
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Question 2
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'Tonderal was assisted by the villagers in placing his trunck box into the back of the car and he got into the passenger side of the truck. Initially, he was a bit nervous and clearly uncomfortable. His young mind was asking how someone whom, he had almost caused a serious accident could be his benefactor.'
Daniel T.Manyika: Two World Apart
The narrative point of view used in the extract above can best be described as
Aomniscient
Bsubjective
Cpanoramic
Dscenic
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Question 3
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'From the sky suspended the strings of tattered pants marched on trembling feet under stone heavy-kits marched, on their breast scared, monogram of skulls and bones'
Ossie Enekwe:Mass for the Dead
The subject matter of the extract above is
Awastage
Bwar
Clove
Dhatred
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Question 4
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'The hoe is her barber'
The line above is an example of

Ametaphor
Bhyperbole
Cpersonification
Dlitotes
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Question 5
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
A reference beyond the immediate purview of what is being presented is known as

Aallusion
Bdiversion
Cinversion
Dimagery
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Question 6
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Oh, the market is set like the hub of a wheel And it pulls like a magnet strong. It is easy to tell How it casts its spell And draws all the crowds along
The sound device used in the extract above is
Arhyme
Balliteration
Cemphasis
Dassonance
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Question 7
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Why blame her who denies love for the asking And not the Birds and Moths and Beetles That after deep draughts from rich nector wells Flee tha drained petals to virgin flowers
The sound device used in the extract above is
Arhyme
Balliteration
Cemphasis
Dassonance
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Question 8
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'The huge sacrifice that ward off death The big offering that prevents diseases......
Femi Osofisan: Morountodun
The poem above can best be described as
Aepic
Bheroic
Cpraise
Dquatrain
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Question 9
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust...
Niyi Osundara: Waiting Laughters
The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is

Aolfactory
Bvisual
Ctactile
Dauditory
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Question 10
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Biokun: I did it for her!Let theme laugh!
Let them condemn me. I who have always derided superstition. I have gone back to the shrine of Olokun. At least if he dies, Oroki will know I tried everything.
Femi Osofisan: No More the Wasted Breed
Biokun's mood in this passage is one of

Adesperation
Bfrustration
Canger
Danxiety
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Question 11
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as
Atriplet
Btriolet
Ctrilogy
Dtriad
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Question 12
jamb 2009

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is called

Aa spondee
Ba trochee
Can anapest
Dan iamb
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Question 13
jamb 2009

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The pride that contributes to the fall of a tragic character in a play is known as

Aharmatia
Bcatharsis
Chubris
Depistasis
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Question 14
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called
Arepetition
Bparadox
Crefrain
Dparallelism
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Question 15
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
An expression that signifies a whole through its significant parts is
Asynaesthesia
Bsynecdoche
Cmetonymy
Dallegory
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Question 16
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A short and witty remark is
Aa limerick
Ba tercet
Can eptgram
Da litotes
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Question 17
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The use of gestures to communicate in drama is known as
Amime
Bmelodrama
Csoliloquy
Dburlesque
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Question 18
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is
Aperformance
Bmockery
Cmimesis
Dparody
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Question 19
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is
Arhythm
Bmimics
Clyric
Dmetonymy
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Question 20
jamb 2009
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A poetic device in which an idea in a line runs into another is called
Arhyme scheme
Benjambment
Cend rhyme
Dpathos
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