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JAMB Literature in English questions

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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 29Dramatic techniques · 37Figures of speech · 35General literary terms · 33Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 24Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 24Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 27Poetry: types and forms · 23Point of view and narrative techniques · 21Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 22Prose: types of fiction · 20

  1. Question 221· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    Traditional African oral poetry includes

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  2. Question 222· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A pastoral poem idealises

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  3. Question 223· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A Shakespearean sonnet ends with

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  4. Question 224· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem mourning the death of a chief and praising his deeds is

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  5. Question 225· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem that tells a story in short stanzas, often with a refrain, and was first meant to be sung is a

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  6. Question 226· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A limerick is

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  7. Question 227· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem in praise of a person, object or event, usually in an elevated style, is an

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  8. Question 228· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A long narrative poem about the deeds of a hero is an

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  9. Question 229· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A haiku is a Japanese poem of

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  10. Question 230· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called

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  11. Question 231· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem written to mourn someone who has died is an

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  12. Question 232· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A lyric poem mainly expresses

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  13. Question 233· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of every character is

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  14. Question 234· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A story told by 'I', a character who takes part in the events, uses

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  15. Question 235· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A cliffhanger ends a chapter

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  16. Question 236· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    Hints early in a story of events that will happen later are called

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  17. Question 237· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    In medias res means a story begins

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  18. Question 238· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A novel with an episodic structure

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  19. Question 239· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A chapter that suddenly returns to the hero's childhood before continuing the present action uses

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  20. Question 240· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    An unreliable narrator is one whose account

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