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

64

The choice of words to create special effects is called

  • A. fallacy
  • B. atmosphere
  • C. diction
  • D. mood
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65

The types of literary work are

  • A. eras
  • B. episodes
  • C. genres
  • D. cantos
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66

Use the following lines to answer the question

Truth may bend but will never break:
It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

The simile in the second line

  • A. expresses the idea more vividly
  • B. tells one that oil is heavier than water
  • C. makes a comparison between oil and water
  • D. expresses the idea in a complex manner
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67

Use the following lines to answer the question

Truth may bend but will never break:
It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

The alliteration in the first line

  • A. draws attention to the key ideas
  • B. drwas attention to the rhythm of the line
  • C. makes the idea sound more true
  • D. makes the line sound more pleasant
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68

The performers in a play constitute the

  • A. chorus
  • B. characters
  • C. audience
  • D. cast
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69

Lines and stanzas are to poetry as action and dialogue are to

  • A. music
  • B. prose
  • C. fiction
  • D. drama
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70

A narrative in which characters and events are invented is

  • A. fiction
  • B. epistolary
  • C. autobiography
  • D. biography
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71

A story which explains a natural phenomenon is

  • A. legned
  • B. parable
  • C. myth
  • D. fiction
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