Post UTME Past Questions Agent
WAEC and NECO CBT Software for Computers and Laptops - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now

Literature in English 1989 JAMB Past Questions

Clear Selections
Change Subject Post a Question Check Syllabus Study My Bookmarks Past Questions Videos Watch Video Lessons Download App

WAEC and NECO CBT Software for Computers and Laptops - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
WAEC and NECO CBT App for Mobile Devices - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post UTME Past Questions Agent
31

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
Which of the following BEST describes a ballad?

  • A. Short literary song
  • B. Short literary story
  • C. Short story that contains a song
  • D. Short song that tells a story
View Answer & Discuss (1) JAMB 1989
32
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A story, exemplifying a moral thesis, in which animals talk and act like human beings, is called
  • A. an anecdote
  • B. a parable
  • C. a fable
  • D. an exemplum
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1989
33

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
The main distinguishing feature of literature is that it

  • A. tells untrue stories
  • B. is relevant to life
  • C. deals with exciting and memorable events
  • D. presents fictional accounts of human experience
View Answer & Discuss (5) JAMB 1989
Post UTME Past Questions Agent
WAEC and NECO CBT App for Mobile Devices - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
34
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A poem written in honour and praise of somebody else is
  • A. a eulogy
  • B. an epic
  • C. an epigram
  • D. a lyric
View Answer & Discuss (3) JAMB 1989
35
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea...'
'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by S.T.
Coleridge
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A. paradox
  • B. repetition
  • C. alliteration
  • D. antithesis
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1989
Start a Free Practice Test
 
WAEC and NECO CBT Software for Computers and Laptops - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post UTME Past Questions Agent
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Your School's Whatsapp Group - Join Us now