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JAMB UTME · Literature in English

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1. A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of every character is described as

1. A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of every character is described as

2. A play that ends happily after the main character overcomes difficulty is generally classified as

3. The writer's choice of words in a literary work is referred to as

4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds, as in "the silent silver stars", is called

5. The final part of a play in which the plot is resolved is the

6. A speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing inner thoughts, is a

7. A narrator whose account the reader has reason to doubt is called

8. A poem of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter is called a

9. A short story or poem in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas is an

10. An indirect reference to a well-known person, event or work is called

11. In classical Greek drama, the group that comments on the action is the

12. A story told by a character using "I" is written from the

13. "All hands on deck" uses "hands" to mean the whole worker. This is

14. In "The crown announced a new tax", "the crown" stands for the monarch. This device is

15. The central message or underlying idea of a literary work is its

16. The atmosphere or emotional feeling a literary work creates in the reader is its

17. "I have told you a million times" is an example of

18. A character who contrasts with the protagonist in order to highlight their qualities is a

19. Oral literature transmitted by word of mouth from one generation to another is called

20. A stanza of four lines is called a

21. The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words is known as

22. A literary work that uses humour and ridicule to expose vice or folly is a

23. "Her voice is music to my ears" is an example of

24. The time and place in which the events of a story occur constitute its

25. Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme or metre is called

26. A remark made by a character to the audience, unheard by the others on stage, is an

27. A line or group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem or song is a

28. When the audience knows something a character on stage does not, the effect is called

29. A hint given early in a story about something that will happen later is called

30. The moment of highest tension in a play, after which the action moves toward resolution, is the

31. In the line "The wind whispered through the palm trees", the figure of speech used is

32. Saying "he passed on" instead of "he died" is an example of

33. The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line of verse without a pause is called

34. Words such as "buzz", "clang" and "hiss" imitate the sounds they describe. This device is

35. Language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures in the mind is called

36. The tragic flaw in a hero's character that brings about their downfall is called

37. The rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming abab is described as

38. Read the extract and answer the question that follows: "Ade counted the notes again, slowly, though he had counted them twice already. The rent was due at dawn." The mood created by this passage is one of

39. The expression "deafening silence" is an example of

40. A poem written in mourning for the dead is an

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