JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2019

A transferred epithet is popularly known as a/an ........

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

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

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________

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

What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________

Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of___________

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

'They are as fearsome as they are fearless' is an example 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 mood of the poet is one of________

In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as a/an_______

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