Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

This question is based on BLACK WOMAN.

“fruit with firm flesh” illustrates the use of ____

‘Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour on leaking thatch roofs; painful comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the falcon’s call on day-old-chicks, ours is a tragicomic dialogue:… mute echoes of pains’ .

The sonority and rhythmical structure of the lines above are achieved through a pause- pattern called

The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

*For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that
complained in his hair.
John Updike, Wash

The image set in the lines above are of

This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

The poetic device in the expression “Rage is chief” is ___

A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

This question is based on BAT.

Use the excerpt to answer this question.
“Where light pushes through;
A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
A dip to the water.
And you think:
“The swallows are flying so late!”
Swallows?”

The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

The combination of two or more metaphors is called

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

“The sun used to smile in my hut”.

The line is an example of

This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

“I shall booze and zoom” contains a device called

Don’t panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset…try to regain your composure.

The speaker in the excerpt above is

This question is based on CAGED BIRD.

Read this excerpt from the poem and answer questions .

“The free bird thinks of another
breeze / and the trade winds
soft through the sighing trees”

What is the effect of the trees sighing in this verse?

“I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands”.The above lines is an example of a

CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle.
CYCLIST: All right. If you’re sure it won’t take long.
BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers. Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next. Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy
when you’ve abandoned it for some time.
Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.

The literary devices in the dialogue above are

Careened’,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched, I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears.

The tone of the poet is

‘The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.’

The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is