JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2023

This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.

Read the excerpt and answer question
"And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly"

The dominant device in this excerpt is ___
 

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

'And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'

In the lines above, Tom is warm because he

A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into _______ stanzas.

This question is based on BLACK WOMAN.

"fruit with firm flesh" illustrates the use of ____

A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

"Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.

This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

"I shall booze and zoom" contains a device called

Lineation refers to

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned. He knew this was, one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth

The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of

Careened',
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched, I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears.

The tone of the poet is

A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

Be him English

Be him African

Be him Nigerian

The lines above are an example of

A formal dignified speech or writing praising or a thing for past or present deeds is

"The sun used to smile in my hut".

The line is an example of

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

'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

'Will college make you a better Olokun priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-hearted priest of Olokun.
Did I go to college?
Gracy Osifo:Dizzy Angel

The literary device used in the passage above is

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is

This question is based on CAGED BIRD.
"for the caged bird/sings of freedom.",

The poetic device used in this expression is____

'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last, to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names

What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?

A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset...try to regain your composure.

The speaker in the excerpt above is

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

"To fly flags of joy" Two figures of speech used here are

The combination of two or more metaphors is called

When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.

The reaction in the passage above is that of