JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2023

'My heart is a quiet drum, something it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
-Cynthia James; Drumology

The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

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

The poetic device used in this expression is____

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

This question is based on BLACK WOMAN.

"fruit with firm flesh" illustrates the use of ____

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

'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

This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.

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"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 ___
 

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

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

The sides of a stage are 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

Lineation refers to

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

This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

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

A trilogy is the

This question is based on THE LEADER AND THE LED.

" The hyena says the crown is made for him" in the above excerpt, the use of the word "crown " is a good deployment of ____

An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a

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

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

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

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.

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning'

The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes

"I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a

"She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
Festus Iyayi; Violence

In the passage above, the speaker can be described as

*For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that
complained in his hair.
John Updike, Wash

The image set in the lines above are of

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.

The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____

A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

'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

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning'

The plot of the novel is

Be him English

Be him African

Be him Nigerian

The lines above are an example of

The subject matter of a literary work is the

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