JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Poetry: imagery, sound and structure

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1. Question 1· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Consonance is the repetition of

   • Awhole lines
   • Bvowel sounds
   • Cconsonant sounds within or at the end of words
   • Dend rhymes only

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2. Question 2· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Iambic pentameter consists of

   • Afour trochees
   • Bfive iambic feet per line
   • Csix dactyls
   • Dthree anapaests

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3. Question 3· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

   The repetition of initial consonant sounds, as in 'the bright beautiful bird', is

   • Aassonance
   • Balliteration
   • Conomatopoeia
   • Drhyme

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4. Question 4· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   Enjambment is

   • Aa pause in a line
   • Bthe running on of a sentence from one line to the next
   • Ca rhyme
   • Da stanza break

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5. Question 5· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A refrain is

   • Aa line or phrase repeated at intervals in a poem
   • Bthe first line
   • Cthe title
   • Dthe last word

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6. Question 6· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   The running on of a sentence from one line of verse into the next without a pause is

   • Aenjambment
   • Bcaesura
   • Cend-stopping
   • Drhyme

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7. Question 7· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

   A sestet is a stanza of

   • Asix lines
   • Beight lines
   • Cfour lines
   • Dtwo lines

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8. Question 8· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

   Iambic pentameter has

   • Afive iambic feet in a line
   • Bfour feet in a line
   • Cthree trochees in a line
   • Dsix dactyls in a line

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9. Question 9· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

   The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem is its

   • Astanza
   • Brhythm
   • Cmetre
   • Drhyme scheme

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10. Question 10· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    An iamb is a metrical foot of

    • Athree unstressed syllables
    • Btwo stressed syllables
    • Ca stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
    • Dan unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

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11. Question 11· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    In 'The cat sat on the mat', the words 'cat', 'sat' and 'mat' create

    • Arhyme and assonance
    • Bonomatopoeia
    • Cenjambment
    • Da refrain

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12. Question 12· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A tercet is a stanza of

    • Afour lines
    • Btwo lines
    • Cthree lines
    • Deight lines

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13. Question 13· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    A group of lines that forms a unit in a poem is

    • Aan act
    • Ba chapter
    • Ca scene
    • Da stanza

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14. Question 14· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A trochee is

    • Aa stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
    • Ban unstressed then a stressed syllable
    • Ctwo unstressed syllables
    • Dthree stressed syllables

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15. Question 15· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A line or group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem, often at the end of stanzas, is a

    • Ametre
    • Bcaesura
    • Cenjambment
    • Drefrain

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16. Question 16· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A caesura is

    • Aa pause within a line of poetry
    • Bthe end of a poem
    • Ca rhyme
    • Da stanza

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17. Question 17· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Caesura is

    • Aa refrain
    • Bthe end of a poem
    • Ca type of rhyme
    • Da pause within a line of poetry

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18. Question 18· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A quatrain is a stanza of

    • Afour lines
    • Btwo lines
    • Csix lines
    • Deight lines

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19. Question 19· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Metre in poetry is

    • Athe rhyme scheme
    • Bthe regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
    • Cthe number of stanzas
    • Dthe title

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20. Question 20· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Internal rhyme occurs when

    • Astanzas repeat
    • Blines end with the same sound
    • Cthere is no rhyme
    • Dwords within the same line rhyme

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