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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Drama: types and elements

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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 21· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A farce relies mainly on

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  2. Question 22· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A play that mixes serious and comic elements is a

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  3. Question 23· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    Catharsis is

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  4. Question 24· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A play that ends with the downfall or death of the main character is a

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  5. Question 25· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    The denouement of a play is

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  6. Question 26· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    Exposition in drama

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  7. Question 27· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is an example of

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  8. Question 28· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A comedy of manners satirises

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  9. Question 29· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    The resolution of a play is also called the

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  10. Question 30· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A one-act play differs from a full-length play mainly in

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  11. Question 31· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    Melodrama is marked by

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  12. Question 32· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    Aristotle's three unities in drama are the unities of

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  13. Question 33· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A melodrama is characterised by

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  14. Question 34· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    In a tragedy, the hero's downfall usually comes from

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  15. Question 35· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A short, light dramatic piece performed between the acts of a longer play is an

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  16. Question 36· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    Traditional African folk drama often combines

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  17. Question 37· Drama: types and elements· WAEC

    A play that uses exaggerated, improbable situations purely to provoke laughter is a

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  18. Question 38· Drama: types and elements· JAMB

    A full-length play is usually divided into

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