JAMB Literature in English 2018 past questions

Characterisation in a novel refers to the

In literacy work, verbal Irony refers to a

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other; characters on stage is called

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of

The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is

The main aim of caricature is to

Bigger kills Mary due to

Weekly, Bigger is to be paid

Mr Datton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are

Windows in mourning in Kofi wear garments that are

In the novel, bage cape signifies everlasting

Yaremi's only son is

The novel draws a picture of

The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winston's dreams of

Room 101 symbolises a place of

The novel can be described as

In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

In their flight, the women settle at Iyara in order to

`...Great Orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home:" Those being ridiculed here are the

…Those with full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and, the old-girls returned home on retirement, it's the dry season child." The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

"ill-starred wench, Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt" The device used in the line above is

Othello kills Desdemona because the

Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because

"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service an,' they know' No more of that, I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate" The speech above is made when the speaker is

"0 heaven; How got she out? O treason of the blood! Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds By what you see them act. Is there not charms By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused? The speaker of the excerpt above is

The lines are an example of a

The poet persona expresses dismay about

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

You Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits Your Yours ears are like the fans used for blowing fire. The lines above are a good example of

"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth" Wole Soyinka: "Night" Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of

Serrated shadows, through dark leaves Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells Sensation pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves Wole Soyinka: “Night” The dominant mood in the lines above is one of

The lines above inform the reader above is one of that poet