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 871: Ballad is meant to be Options:
  A) discussed
  B) read
  C) sung
  D) acted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 872:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implication in the play is

  Options:
  A) aside
  B) euphemism
  C) dramatic irony
  D) textual contrast
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 873:

  He is a faithful liar

  The line above is an example of

  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) antithesis
  C) epigram
  D) oxymoron
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 874:
  From the novel; Animal farm

  This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of

  Options:
  A) Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  B) Jesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
  C) Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon
  D) Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 875: This question is based on General Literary Principles.Romantic poetry emphasizes Options:
  A) the beauty of nature
  B) intimate relationships
  C) the love in human nature
  D) the romance in human aspirations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 876:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  The madman has entered our house with violence

  Defiling our sacred grounds

  Claiming the single truth of the universe

  Bending down our high priests with iron,'

  Mazizi Kunene, 'Progress'

  The imagery of the lines above captures the idea of

  Options:
  A) coercion
  B) religiousity
  C) truth
  D) persuasion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 877:

  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 878: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.GALLWAY (untying a parcel). 'Your Highness, our Queen, Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria, asks us to extend her very best wishes to you;...... What is contained in the parcel which Gallway unties? Options:
  A) An inner tube of a bicycle
  B) A royal message from Queen Victoria
  C) A framed portrait of Queen Victoria
  D) A bottle of gin
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 879: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'The huge sacrifice that ward off death The big offering that prevents diseases......
  Femi Osofisan: Morountodun
  The poem above can best be described as
  Options:
  A) epic
  B) heroic
  C) praise
  D) quatrain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 880: This question is based on Ademiluyi's Options:
  A) digression and rubric
  B) intrigues and metaphors
  C) setting and design
  D) suspense and irony
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  The correct answer is D .