JAMB Literature in English questions

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1. Question 201· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A couplet is

   • Afourteen lines
   • Bfour lines
   • Ca single line
   • Dtwo consecutive rhyming lines

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2. Question 202· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Imagery in poetry refers to

   • Athe title
   • Bthe number of lines
   • Cthe rhyme scheme
   • Dlanguage that appeals to the senses

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3. Question 203· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   In 'Slowly the silver moon slides over the sea', the repeated 's' sound is

   • Aonomatopoeia
   • Bassonance
   • Calliteration
   • Da pun

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4. Question 204· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words is

   • Aassonance
   • Balliteration
   • Crhyme
   • Donomatopoeia

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5. Question 205· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   An octave is a stanza of

   • Asix lines
   • Beight lines
   • Cfour lines
   • Dthree lines

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6. Question 206· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   The persona of a poem is

   • Athe poet's real name
   • Bthe speaker or voice in the poem
   • Cthe title
   • Dthe reader

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7. Question 207· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, such as 'buzz' and 'hiss', is

   • Aeuphemism
   • Balliteration
   • Conomatopoeia
   • Dassonance

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8. Question 208· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Poetry with no regular rhyme or metre is

   • Aa sonnet
   • Bblank verse
   • Cfree verse
   • Dan ode

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9. Question 209· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A group of lines forming a unit within a poem is a

   • Acaesura
   • Brefrain
   • Cstanza
   • Dmetre

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10. Question 210· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A lyric poem expresses

    • Apersonal thoughts and feelings
    • Ba long heroic story
    • Ca dramatic dialogue only
    • Dscientific facts

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11. Question 211· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A short poem expressing the poet's personal thoughts and feelings is a

    • Aepic
    • Blyric
    • Cballad
    • Dsatire

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12. Question 212· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    In concrete (shape) poetry, the words are arranged so that

    • Ait has fourteen lines
    • Bit always rhymes
    • Cthe poem's shape on the page reflects its subject
    • Dit is sung

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13. Question 213· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A haiku is a short poem of

    • Aeight lines
    • Bfourteen lines
    • Cfive lines rhyming aabba
    • Dthree lines, traditionally with 5, 7 and 5 syllables

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14. Question 214· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A villanelle has

    • Afourteen lines
    • Bnineteen lines with two repeating refrains
    • Cthree lines
    • Deight lines

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15. Question 215· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A humorous five-line poem with the rhyme scheme aabba is a

    • Ahaiku
    • Bsonnet
    • Climerick
    • Dballad

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16. Question 216· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme is a

    • Aballad
    • Bhaiku
    • Climerick
    • Dsonnet

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17. Question 217· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet is divided into

    • Atwo tercets
    • Bthree quatrains and a couplet
    • Can octave and a sestet
    • Dfour couplets

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18. Question 218· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A panegyric is

    • Aa poem or speech of high praise
    • Ba lament
    • Ca satire
    • Da nursery rhyme

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19. Question 219· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    Free verse is poetry that

    • Ahas no regular rhyme or metre
    • Balways rhymes
    • Chas exactly fourteen lines
    • Dis sung

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20. Question 220· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into

    • Afour couplets
    • Bthree quatrains and a couplet
    • Ctwo tercets
    • Dan octave and a sestet

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