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

64

”My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep” is an example of

  • A. hyperbole
  • B. litotes
  • C. euphemism
  • D. paradox
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65

A dead metaphor is one that is

  • A. overused and ineffective
  • B. exteneded in meaining
  • C. implied
  • D. mixed
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66

A humorous scene in a play intended to ease tension is

  • A. climax
  • B. tragi-comedy
  • C. comedy
  • D. comic relief
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67

Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage

  • A. says the opposite of what the speaker means
  • B. is misunderstood
  • C. tries to deceive the audience
  • D. is alone
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68

As chapter is to prose, so …is to poetry

  • A. couplet
  • B. stanza
  • C. line
  • D. chorus
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69

The protagonist is the

  • A. author
  • B. villain
  • C. hero
  • D. speaker
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