JAMB Literature in English questions

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

Question 81· Figures of speech· JAMB
'He is a lion in battle' is
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Question 82· Figures of speech· JAMB
A rhetorical question is
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Question 83· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Her words were daggers to his heart' is an example of
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Question 84· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Sleep, gentle sleep, why do you flee from me?' is an example of
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Question 85· Figures of speech· JAMB
'O Death, where is thy sting?' is an example of
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Question 86· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Sweet are the uses of adversity' is an example of
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Question 87· Figures of speech· JAMB
'A deafening silence filled the hall' is an example of
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Question 88· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The kettle is boiling', meaning the water in it, is an example of
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Question 89· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The wind whispered through the trees' is an example of
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Question 90· Figures of speech· JAMB
In a transferred epithet such as 'a sleepless night', the adjective describes
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Question 91· Figures of speech· JAMB
'As brave as a lion' is an example of
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Question 92· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The sun smiled on the harvest' is an example of
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Question 93· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Peter Piper picked a peck' illustrates
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Question 94· Figures of speech· JAMB
Antithesis places
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Question 95· Figures of speech· JAMB
Anticlimax is
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Question 96· Figures of speech· JAMB
'He passed away' instead of 'he died' is an example of
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Question 97· Figures of speech· JAMB
A play on a word that has more than one meaning is called
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Question 98· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Bitter sweet' is an example of
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Question 99· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Buzz', 'hiss' and 'crack' are examples of
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Question 100· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The child is father of the man' is an example of
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JAMB Literature in English questions

'He is a lion in battle' is

A rhetorical question is

'Her words were daggers to his heart' is an example of

'Sleep, gentle sleep, why do you flee from me?' is an example of

'O Death, where is thy sting?' is an example of

'Sweet are the uses of adversity' is an example of

'A deafening silence filled the hall' is an example of

'The kettle is boiling', meaning the water in it, is an example of

'The wind whispered through the trees' is an example of

In a transferred epithet such as 'a sleepless night', the adjective describes

'As brave as a lion' is an example of

'The sun smiled on the harvest' is an example of

'Peter Piper picked a peck' illustrates

Antithesis places

Anticlimax is

'He passed away' instead of 'he died' is an example of

A play on a word that has more than one meaning is called

'Bitter sweet' is an example of

'Buzz', 'hiss' and 'crack' are examples of

'The child is father of the man' is an example of