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

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THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

In the prologue, the narrator’s role to blame

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THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

”If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good”.
Odewale says this because

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

The following epithets:
‘The courageous captain of compliments…
The very butcher of a silk button…
a gentleman of the very first house…’
refer to

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‘You talk here in the public haunt of men.
Either withdraw unto some private place,
Or reason coldly of your grievances,
Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us’.
This appeal is made by

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‘See what a scourage is laid upon your hate
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen…’
The speaker of these lines is

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In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio’s character is to

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‘Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast’.
This note of caution comes from

‘A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire – whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth’.
The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of

‘what happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?’
In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of

”…her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees

Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees”.

The passage gives ample evidence of the poet”s

‘For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons’.
The tone in these lines suggest

‘Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming’.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is

‘A dungeon horrible, one all sides round’
As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible’.
The phrase ‘darkness visible’ in the above lines is an example of

‘Was it for this you took such constant care
The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?
For this your locks in paper durance bound?
For this with tort’ring iron wreath’d round?
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

‘The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night’s rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.’
The dominant literary device in this passage is

‘Have you got any hands today?
‘No, i am working alone. My helpers are on strike
‘Would you like to engage me? My fees are reasonable.’
‘No thank you’.
In this brief dialogue, the first line contains the device known as

The novel, The Novella and the Short Story are the major sub-genres

Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called

The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called

Caricature is used to

Pip’s Flippant remarks concerning the tombstones in the opening chapter of Great Expectations indicate