JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Prose: types of fiction

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1. Question 21· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

   A story in which animals speak and act like people in order to teach a moral is a

   • Aepic
   • Bfable
   • Celegy
   • Dfarce

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2. Question 22· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

   A thriller is a novel written to

   • Apraise kings
   • Bteach grammar
   • Cdescribe farming
   • Dexcite readers with suspense and danger

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3. Question 23· Prose: types of fiction· WAEC

   A novella is

   • Aa long poem
   • Bprose fiction shorter than a novel but longer than a short story
   • Ca play
   • Da diary

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4. Question 24· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

   A gothic novel is marked by

   • Atalking animals
   • Bcomic misunderstandings
   • Cletters between characters
   • Dmystery, horror and gloomy settings

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5. Question 25· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

   A novel that tells a story through the diary entries of its main character is written in

   • Asonnet form
   • Bdramatic form
   • Cballad form
   • Ddiary (journal) form

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6. Question 26· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

   Science fiction deals mainly with

   • Aimagined scientific or technological developments
   • Bhistorical facts only
   • Creligious rituals
   • Dfarming

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