JAMB Literature in English 2019 Past Questions

When a writer deviates from the chronological arrangement of events in a literary piece, he uses ...

The literary term for conflict in literature is_________

_______ is used to describe the situation where a character recognize his mistake

"Nightfall! Nightfall!! You are my mortal enemy". The dominant figure of speech above is a/an________

________is used to describe the 'god of inspiration' in literature

_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece

The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of________

Which one of the following does not relate to the tone in Diop's Vanity?

Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The mood of the writer is that of _____?

Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________

Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The object of the extract is____?

Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The literary device used in line 1 is ________

Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______

The atmosphere of a poem has to do with_________

An overused expression is a/an _________

What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________

In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______

'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______

The art of using persuasive words in literary works is known as_______

A poem is said to be good if it________

A struggle between opposing forces in a story/play is________

The second stanza of Awonoor's Anvil and the Hammer ________

The dorminant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________

Lago's hatred for Othello is deep rooted because__________

The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________

The specie of conflict exemplified in the Native Son is that of_______

Amma Darko's Faceless may be best described as a___________

"You can call me a rebel, but I need a job. That's what matters to me." The repercussion of this statement by Aloho is a pointer to the theme ____

A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

Adeoti's Ambush may be best described as____________

The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is_______

In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________

The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____

Blake's 'The School Boy' advocates for____________

A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________

Aloho begins her harvest of corruption when____________

The metaphorical significance of Frank Ogodo's 'Harvest of Corruption' is seen in the theme of_____________

The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________

The characterisation of Othello maybe pointed out in that__________

The setting of Shakespeare's Othello is____________

Bayo Adebowale portrayed Yaremi as resilient, self reliant and strong willed particularly to__________

'They are as fearsome as they are fearless' is an example of______

In Herbert's "The Pulley", God's supremacy is exemplified through______

'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.'

The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

Awonoor's 'The Anvil and the Hammer' is best described as a/an___________

Read the poem and answer questions

At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

The theme of the poem is__________

Read the poem and answer questions

At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

The mood of the poet is one of________

Read the poem and answer questions

At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

'The earth has stopped breathing and sighed' illustrates__________

Read the poem and answer questions

At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

The run-on lines convey the speaker's_______

Read the poem and answer questions

At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

There is a predominance of words associated with________