JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions

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1. Question 241· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Caesura is

   • Aa refrain
   • Bthe end of a poem
   • Ca type of rhyme
   • Da pause within a line of poetry

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2. Question 242· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A quatrain is a stanza of

   • Afour lines
   • Btwo lines
   • Csix lines
   • Deight lines

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3. Question 243· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Metre in poetry is

   • Athe rhyme scheme
   • Bthe regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
   • Cthe number of stanzas
   • Dthe title

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4. Question 244· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Internal rhyme occurs when

   • Astanzas repeat
   • Blines end with the same sound
   • Cthere is no rhyme
   • Dwords within the same line rhyme

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5. Question 245· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

   A four-line stanza is

   • Aa sestet
   • Ba couplet
   • Ca quatrain
   • Dan octave

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6. Question 246· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter is

   • Aballad metre
   • Bfree verse
   • Cheroic couplets
   • Dblank verse

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7. Question 247· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Two consecutive rhyming lines of verse are a

   • Acouplet
   • Bquatrain
   • Ctercet
   • Drefrain

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8. Question 248· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

   Two successive rhyming lines form

   • Aa tercet
   • Ba quatrain
   • Ca couplet
   • Da sestet

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9. Question 249· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A couplet is

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

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10. Question 250· 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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11. Question 251· 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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12. Question 252· 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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13. Question 253· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    An octave is a stanza of

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

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14. Question 254· 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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15. Question 255· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    The repetition of vowel sounds within words, as in 'the rain in Spain', is

    • Aconsonance
    • Balliteration
    • Cassonance
    • Da pun

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16. Question 256· 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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17. Question 257· 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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18. Question 258· 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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19. Question 259· Poetry: types and forms· WAEC

    In poetry, an ode is

    • Aa story told in verse
    • Ba poem of fourteen lines
    • Ca lyric poem of praise, often addressed to a person or thing
    • Da funeral song

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20. Question 260· Poetry: types and forms· WAEC

    A poem that mourns the dead is

    • Aan ode
    • Ban elegy
    • Ca limerick
    • Dan epic

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