A comedy is best distinguished from a tragedy by its:

resolution in favour of the protagonist

National Examinations Council

NECO Literature in English · Papers III & IV — Objective & Prose

One sitting combining the objective paper with Prose.

40 exam-style questions, written to the National Examinations Council format and free to read. The answers are here too — what they do not tell you is how many you would get right with a clock running.

Sit this paper timed All NECO Literature in English papers

1. A statement that appears self-contradictory yet contains truth is a:

2. A novel told entirely through letters is described as

3. The main character in a literary work is the

4. The expression "I have told you a thousand times" is:

5. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse is called

6. A narrative poem that tells a story and is often sung is a:

7. A character who does not change through the course of a story is described as:

8. The West African oral historian and praise singer who preserves a community's genealogy is known as a

9. Rhyme occurring within a single line of verse is described as

10. A long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a hero is an:

11. The time and place in which a story occurs is the:

12. Saying "That was a brilliant idea" about something foolish is an example of

13. "The classroom was a furnace that afternoon" is an example of

14. Saying that someone "passed away" instead of died is:

15. In "Lagos never sleeps", the city is given a human quality. This device is

16. A comedy is best distinguished from a tragedy by its:

17. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines is called

18. The main division of a play, usually containing several scenes, is an

19. The way a writer reveals the personality of a character is called

20. A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a

21. A pair of successive rhyming lines of the same length is a:

22. A novel that traces the growth of its main character from youth to maturity is called a

23. A puzzling question posed for amusement and requiring an ingenious answer is a

24. The technique of presenting a character's unfiltered flow of thoughts is called

25. A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter is called a

26. The turning point of a plot is known as the

27. The attitude of a poet towards the subject of a poem is its:

28. The unexpected resolution of a plot by an improbable intervention is called

29. The moment a tragic hero recognises the truth of their situation is called

30. A poem of praise addressed to a person, thing or idea, written in an elevated style, is an

31. Literature written to expose and ridicule social vices with a view to correcting them is

32. The turning point of thought in a sonnet is known as the

33. A play with a serious plot and a happy ending, mixing tragic and comic elements, is a

34. The writer's attitude towards their subject, revealed through word choice, is the

35. A stanza of eight lines is called an

36. The sequence of events in a story is its:

37. The introductory part of a play that supplies background information is the:

38. "He fought like a lion" is an example of

39. A comparison that uses "like" or "as" is a

40. A traditional narrative about a hero believed to have really lived is a

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