Literature-In-English Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.

• Question 131: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  .....So tedious is this day
  As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
  The literary device used in the excerpt is
  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) simile
  C) sarcasm
  D) bathos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 132:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  The letter from used in the novel is particularly effective because it

  Options:
  A) is dramatic in impact
  B) dispenses with dialogue
  C) is an intimate form of expression
  D) is tragic in content
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 133:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  'I die, yet depart not,

  I am bound, yet soar free;

  Thou art and thou art not,

  And ever shall be!'

  'The City of Dreams' by Robert Buchanan. The literary device consciously used in the above extract is

  Options:
  A) metaphysical conceit
  B) paradox
  C) oxymoron
  D) meiosis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 134:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears

  The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba's

  Options:
  A) sentimental attachment to money
  B) approbation of stealing
  C) condemnaton of social injustice
  D) justification of social vices
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 135:

  Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Aroma
  B) Poetry
  C) Drama
  D) Prose
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 136: Reversal of fortune as used in the criticism of a literary work describes the Options:
  A) rise to fame of the central character
  B) success of the hero or heroine
  C) reward of the hero
  D) sudden change in the fate of the central character.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 137:

  'Will college make you a better Olokun priest?
  Will it make you serve our ancestors better?
  Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-hearted priest of Olokun.
  Did I go to college?
  Gracy Osifo:Dizzy Angel

  The literary device used in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) onomatopoeia
  B) parallelism
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 138:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The figure of speech in which a poet implicitly compares an object or idea with another totally different object or idea is called a

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) denotation
  C) connotation
  D) metaphor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 139:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is

  Options:
  A) repetition
  B) chronological
  C) refrain
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 140: In literary devices, pun deals with Options:
  A) placing words side by side
  B) playing on words
  C) arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
  D) placing two opposite phrases
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  The correct answer is B .