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.
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Question 151:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A travelogue is
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A) the account of the travails of a character in novle
B) a record of the writer's experiences during a journey
C) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
D) the account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 152:
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet-persona in Serenade is
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A) boastful
B) arrogant
C) persuasive
D) deceptive
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 153: Assonance in poetry is the repetition of
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A) internal vowels in words
B) stressed syllables in words
C) consonant sounds in words
D) final sounds at the end of a line
E) final sounds at the begining of a line.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 154: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the image in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from
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A) inaction to action
B) pain to grief
C) sorrow to joy
D) joy to excitement
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 155:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'Idoto' in Okigbo's 'The Passage' is the name of
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A) the poet's mother
B) the poet's village
C) a village shrine
D) a village stream
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 156:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Hyperbole refers specifically to
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A) exaggeration for adornment
B) exaggeration for emphasis
C) understatement of ideas
D) restatement of ideas
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 157: This question is based on General Literary Principles.The main aim of of caricature is to
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A) describe
B) expose
C) emphasize
D) ridicule
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 158: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'Tonderal was assisted by the villagers in placing his trunck box into the back of the car and he got into the passenger side of the truck. Initially, he was a bit nervous and clearly uncomfortable. His young mind was asking how someone whom, he had almost caused a serious accident could be his benefactor.'
Daniel T.Manyika: Two World Apart
The narrative point of view used in the extract above can best be described as
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A) omniscient
B) subjective
C) panoramic
D) scenic
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 159:
Mock-heroic poetry elevates
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A) the important tales of heroes of the past era
B) trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
C) the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
D) the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 160:
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.....They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests..." J.P. Clark:CasualtiesThe imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through
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A) metaphor
B) personification
C) synedoche
D) metonym
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The correct answer is B .