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Literature in English 1990 JAMB Past Questions

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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
When a character in a literary work exists primarily to enhance, through contrast, the portrayal of the personal traits of another character is a

  • A. protagonist
  • B. antagonist
  • C. mirror character
  • D. foil
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A statement whose meaning is contrary to that openly expressed is an example of
  • A. metaphor
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. irony
  • D. personification
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?
  • A. Sequence of events
  • B. Dialogue
  • C. Objectivity
  • D. Subjectivity
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Which of the following could be applicable to all genres?

  • A. Symbolism
  • B. Rhythm
  • C. Action
  • D. Narration
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A paradox is
  • A. applied to a word or combination of words whose sound resembles the sense
  • B. a statement which seems self-contraditory or absurd, yet turns out to have a valid meaning
  • C. an episode of pantomime introduced through gesture and bodily movement in a play
  • D. an elaborately conceived poem expressing an urban poet's nostalgia for life in the country
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