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Question 31

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The speech made by a character to himself on stage is

Aepilogue

Baside

Csoliloquy

Dmonologue

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Question 32

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Satire employs the use of

Aonomatopeia

Birony

Csynecdoche

Dmelancholy

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Question 33

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

What sustains the interest of a reader in all literature is

Aambiguity

Bcharacterization

Csuspense

Dplot

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Question 34

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a

Averse in poetry

Bstanza in poetry

Cmetre in poetry

Dtrope in poetry

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Question 35

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The continuation of meaning without pause, from one line to the next is

Asynecdoche

Bmelodrama

Cenjambment

Dalliteration

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Question 36

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The opposite of the part that introduces the main work in literature is known as

Aprologue

Bepitome

Cepilogue

Depitaph

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Question 37

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A literary work that teaches moral is said to be

Adidactic

Binstructive

Ccorrective

Dimpressive

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Question 38

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

Apathos

Bparody

Cpyrrhic

Dprops

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Question 39

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An art that is both literary and theatrical is

Aa prose

Ba poem

Cdrama

Dprosody

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Question 40

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In a tragic play the device used to reduce tension is known as

Acomic relief

Brhetoric

Canti-climax

Dclimax

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Question 41

jamb 2016

Hallowell's The Dining Table can be referred to as a

Atraditional poem

Ba lyric

Cdramatic monologue

Dballad

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Question 42

jamb 2016

The dominant literary device in Diop's Vanity is

Arhetorical question

Ballusion

Chyperbole

Ddramatic irony

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Question 43

jamb 2016

According to Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

Apoor

Breligious

Chopeful

Dfrustrated

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Question 44

jamb 2016

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'

The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

Asmart

Bsick

Cweak

Dstrong

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Question 45

jamb 2016

One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

Aeducation

Bslavery

Ccolonisation

Dcorruption

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Question 46

jamb 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep. Turns again home.'

The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above from Tennyson's crossing the Bar is

Aabac

Babba

Cabab

Dabcb

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Question 47

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is

Aauditory

Bgustatory

Ctactile

Dvisual

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Question 48

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

'awaiting in ambush'
ambush in the line above from Adeoti's Ambush symbolises

Aexploit

Bfrustration

Cdanger

Dpain

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Question 49

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

Afear

Bfulfillment

Ccontempt

Dneutrality

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Question 50

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

Afable

Beuphemism

Callegory

Dsymbolism

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