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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: General literary terms

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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· General literary terms· JAMB

    Local colour in literature means

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  2. Question 22· 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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  3. Question 23· General literary terms· JAMB

    Poetic justice means

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  4. Question 24· General literary terms· JAMB

    A eulogy is

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  5. Question 25· General literary terms· JAMB

    Diction refers to

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  6. Question 26· General literary terms· JAMB

    An archetype is

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  7. Question 27· General literary terms· JAMB

    Tone in a literary work refers to

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  8. Question 28· General literary terms· JAMB

    A writer's choice and use of words is called

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  9. Question 29· General literary terms· JAMB

    Didactic literature aims mainly to

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  10. Question 30· General literary terms· JAMB

    The use of an object, person or event to stand for an idea beyond its literal meaning is

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  11. Question 31· General literary terms· JAMB

    Saying 'What lovely weather!' during a violent storm is an example of

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  12. Question 32· General literary terms· JAMB

    An allegory is a story in which

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  13. Question 33· General literary terms· JAMB

    Pathos refers to

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  14. Question 34· General literary terms· JAMB

    The atmosphere or feeling that a literary work creates in the reader is its

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  15. Question 35· General literary terms· WAEC

    Satire uses humour and ridicule to

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  16. Question 36· General literary terms· JAMB

    Verisimilitude means

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  17. Question 37· General literary terms· WAEC

    Apostrophe as a literary device is

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  18. Question 38· General literary terms· WAEC

    In literature, irony means

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  19. Question 39· General literary terms· JAMB

    Language that appeals to the senses to create pictures in the reader's mind is

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  20. Question 40· General literary terms· JAMB

    An allusion is

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