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JAMB Literature in English questions: General literary terms

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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 1· General literary terms· JAMB

    Juxtaposition is

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  2. Question 2· General literary terms· JAMB

    An anachronism is

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  3. Question 3· General literary terms· JAMB

    Satire uses humour and irony to

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  4. Question 4· General literary terms· JAMB

    The main character of a story or play is the

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  5. Question 5· General literary terms· JAMB

    'The farmer's son was outstanding in his field' is humorous because it contains

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  6. Question 6· General literary terms· JAMB

    The character who opposes the main character is the

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  7. Question 7· General literary terms· JAMB

    An unintended slide from the serious to the ridiculous in writing is

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  8. Question 8· General literary terms· JAMB

    Genre refers to

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  9. Question 9· General literary terms· JAMB

    A writer who ends a chapter with a character hearing footsteps behind her in the dark is creating

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  10. Question 10· General literary terms· JAMB

    A symbol in literature is

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  11. Question 11· General literary terms· JAMB

    Writing that ridicules human folly or vice in order to correct it is

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  12. Question 12· General literary terms· JAMB

    The central idea or message of a literary work is its

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  13. Question 13· General literary terms· JAMB

    Pathos is the quality in a work that

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  14. Question 14· General literary terms· JAMB

    A parody is

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  15. Question 15· General literary terms· JAMB

    A scene of drunken porters joking after a murder in a tragedy provides

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  16. Question 16· General literary terms· JAMB

    A motif is

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  17. Question 17· General literary terms· JAMB

    Local colour in literature means

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  18. Question 18· General literary terms· JAMB

    In a play, the audience knows the cup is poisoned but the king drinks happily. This is

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  19. Question 19· General literary terms· JAMB

    Poetic justice means

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  20. Question 20· General literary terms· JAMB

    A eulogy is

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