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 321:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  Be him English

  Be him African

  Be him Nigerian

  The lines above are an example of

  Options:
  A) epitaph
  B) anaphora
  C) tautology
  D) epigram
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 322:

  'I am jealous and passonate
  Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'
  J.P Clark: Olokun
  A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) paradox
  C) metaphor
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 323:

  These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  'o' deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!

  Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law And turned that black word....'

  The play is mostly written in

  Options:
  A) free verse
  B) metres
  C) foot
  D) blank verse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 324:

  ... is the illustration which serves to persuasively sustain the interest of the readers in a literary piece

  Options:
  A) storyline
  B) narrative hook
  C) plot
  D) suspense
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 325: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The play is about love Options:
  A) longing and ambition
  B) pretence and hatred
  C) loss and death
  D) commitment and marriage
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 326:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called

  Options:
  A) an oratorio
  B) a motet
  C) an opera
  D) a concert
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 327:

  A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

  Options:
  A) repetition
  B) paradox
  C) refrain
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 328: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
  Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of Options:
  A) family conflict
  B) British oppression
  C) family tradition
  D) socitetal intrigue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 329:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  Susan concealed the true parentage of Elizabeth Jane in order to

  Options:
  A) safeguard her daughter's dignity
  B) avenge Henchard for offending her
  C) escape Henchard's curse
  D) Prevent Newson from claiming his daughter.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 330: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust...
  Niyi Osundara: Waiting Laughters
  The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is Options:
  A) olfactory
  B) visual
  C) tactile
  D) auditory
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  The correct answer is B .