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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 38Dramatic techniques · 44Figures of speech · 44General literary terms · 40Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34Poetry: types and forms · 30Point of view and narrative techniques · 27Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29Prose: types of fiction · 26Set poems: African poetry · 10Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

  1. Question 281· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A limerick is

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  2. Question 282· 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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  3. Question 283· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

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

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  4. Question 284· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A haiku is a Japanese poem of

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  5. Question 285· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called

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  6. Question 286· Poetry: types and forms· WAEC

    A ballad is

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  7. Question 287· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A poem written to mourn someone who has died is an

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  8. Question 288· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB

    A lyric poem mainly expresses

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  9. Question 289· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

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

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  10. Question 290· 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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  11. Question 291· Point of view and narrative techniques· WAEC

    Foreshadowing is

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  12. Question 292· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A cliffhanger ends a chapter

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  13. Question 293· Point of view and narrative techniques· WAEC

    Suspense is created when readers are

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  14. Question 294· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

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

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  15. Question 295· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    In medias res means a story begins

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  16. Question 296· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A novel with an episodic structure

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  17. Question 297· 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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  18. Question 298· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    An unreliable narrator is one whose account

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  19. Question 299· Point of view and narrative techniques· WAEC

    Stream of consciousness presents

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  20. Question 300· Point of view and narrative techniques· JAMB

    A technique that presents the continuous flow of a character's thoughts and feelings is

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