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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 81· Dramatic techniques· JAMB

    Read the extract and answer the question. [A small tailoring shop. Sewing machines hum. MAMA NGOZI pins a gown on a dummy. CHIDI, her apprentice, rushes in, out of breath.] CHIDI: Madam, the chairman's wife is coming herself! MAMA NGOZI: (without looking up) Then let her come on her feet like everybody else. CHIDI: But the gown is not ready. She will shout the roof down. MAMA NGOZI: A roof that falls from shouting was never a roof. Bring me the blue thread. CHIDI: (searching frantically) There is no blue thread, Madam. Only green. MAMA NGOZI: (finally turning) Then today, my son, the sky will be green. [Enter MRS OKAFOR, fanning herself with a large hat.] MRS OKAFOR: Ngozi! Is my gown ready, or must I attend the launching in my night dress? MAMA NGOZI: (smiling sweetly) Madam, a beautiful woman makes any cloth look like a gown. (An original extract written for AdmitMe practice.)

    'A roof that falls from shouting was never a roof' is an example of

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  2. Question 82· Dramatic techniques· JAMB

    Read the extract below and answer the question. (An AdmitMe scene. The palace courtyard. CHIEF OKORO sits among his ELDERS.) CHIEF OKORO: (rising) Who dares to speak of tax in my palace? ADA: (stepping forward) I dare, Chief. The market women have paid three times this year, and still the road to the market is a river of mud. CHIEF OKORO: (laughing, to the elders) Listen to her! A woman who sells pepper now teaches the elders how to rule. ELDER IKE: (aside) The pepper seller's words are hotter than her goods. ADA: Laugh, Chief. But when the rains come and your car sinks on that road, you will remember who told you.

    Ada's last speech suggests that

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  3. Question 83· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'She lost her purse and her temper' is an example of

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  4. Question 84· Figures of speech· JAMB

    In 'the pen is mightier than the sword', 'pen' and 'sword' stand for writing and warfare. This is

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  5. Question 85· Figures of speech· JAMB

    Saying the opposite of what is meant, often to mock, is

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  6. Question 86· Figures of speech· JAMB

    Deliberate exaggeration for effect, as in 'I have told you a million times', is

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  7. Question 87· Figures of speech· JAMB

    Using a gentle expression in place of a harsh one, as in 'he passed away', is

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  8. Question 88· Figures of speech· JAMB

    Arranging words or ideas in order of rising importance, as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered', is

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  9. Question 89· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'All hands on deck', where 'hands' means sailors, is an example of

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  10. Question 90· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'The pen is mightier than the sword' uses

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  11. Question 91· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'The crown has issued a new decree', where 'crown' means the king, is an example of

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  12. Question 92· Figures of speech· JAMB

    Repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive lines or clauses is

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  13. Question 93· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'The kettle sang on the fire' is an example of

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  14. Question 94· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'Our classroom was a zoo after break' is an example of

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  15. Question 95· Figures of speech· JAMB

    A statement that seems to contradict itself yet contains a truth, such as 'the child is father of the man', is a

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  16. Question 96· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'I have told you a million times' is an example of

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  17. Question 97· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'All hands on deck' uses

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  18. Question 98· Figures of speech· JAMB

    'He is a lion in battle' is

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  19. Question 99· Figures of speech· WAEC

    'The classroom was a zoo' is an example of

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  20. Question 100· Figures of speech· JAMB

    A rhetorical question is

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