1992 JAMB UTME Literature In English Past Questions

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.Comic relief is

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

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This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.The character in the novel who best symbolizes man's pride in his ability to reason is

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander PopeTh…

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.The word 'image' is associated with

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'' Old father, old artificerBear me now and ever in good stead''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.The word 'artificer' describes

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.''…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'The morning mist And chimney smokeOf White City JabavuFlowed thick yellow As pus oozingFrom a gigantic sore''An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'iThe simile above gives…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'''Yet lunchtime ''Without thinking of what of what he was saying The man tapped out, 'Not food'. Insu Siding answered, 'Plenty here''. And a conversation had begun. ''Lucky'…

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.'...let the greying day grow....let the evening horns blow....let the melting mountains go ....but let the sundown sow''To Wole with Love' by Atukwei OkaiThe use of t…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'' The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'Poor bastard,Dumped on the ground to make roomFor his nocturnal fathers,Or on the mat to spend his horrid nightsAmong the steaming pots of food And walking rats.'''The Basta…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.Going up the river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings An empty stream, a great s…

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'So Children,If per chance you see a here that roarsOr an ape perched in a palanquin,Look on in silence..''Africa by David DiopThis excerpt exemplifies

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This question is based on Literary Principles.'Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly... Lord of the Files by William Golding…

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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.At the end of Ovonramwen's discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is

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