At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings illustrates
- A. bathos
- B. epigram
- C. pathos
- D. oxymoron
A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is
- A. panegyric
- B. gothic
- C. picaresque
- D. grotesque
Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the winds.
The mental picture evoked in the above lines is that of
- A. smell and touch
- B. sight and hearing
- C. taste and touch
- D. sight and taste
More haste, less speed illustrates the use of
- A. anaphora
- B. paradox
- C. litotes
- D. synecdoche
An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of
- A. admiration
- B. conspiracy
- C. greatness
- D. superiority
Men swift to see things done , do not run their commanding.
The words in italics exemplify
- A. pun
- B. end rhyme
- C. internal rhyme
- D. paradox
Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of
- A. known identity
- B. plain identity
- C. unknown identity
- D. mistaken identity
The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of
- A. Paradox
- B. Litotes
- C. Parallelism
- D. Zeugma
A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a
- A. dirge
- B. refrain
- C. lullaby
- D. verse
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
Lines 3 and 4 illustrate
- A. antithesis
- B. oxymoron
- C. anti-climax
- D. metonymy
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
The tone of the poet is
- A. jocular
- B. harsh
- C. mournful
- D. sombre
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
The poem is
- A. allegoric
- B. didactic
- C. metaphysical
- D. romantic
In drama, catharsis is the
- A. change of setting
- B. conflict between two characters
- C. resolution of conflict
- D. purgation of emotion from tension
My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep
The above lines illustrate
- A. apostrophe
- B. epigram
- C. hyperbole
- D. euphemism
A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is
- A. an allegory
- B. a fable
- C. a novella
- D. an epistle
In literature, the two components of diction are
- A. sentence construction and punctuation
- B. vocabulary and punctuation
- C. syntax and sentence construction
- D. vocabulary and syntax
A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is
- A. an in media res
- B. an interlude
- C. an incantation
- D. a deux ex machina
Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates
- A. Antithesis
- B. Euphemism
- C. Litotes
- D. Synecdoche
The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is
- A. characters
- B. protagonist
- C. narrator
- D. villain
A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is
- A. Epistolary
- B. Gothic
- C. Historical
- D. Socialogical
SECTION D (NON-AFRICAN POETRY) Consider the use of alliteration, assonance and repetition in the poem ‘Binsey Poplars’