Literature In English 2012 Jamb Examination
Literature In English 2012 Jamb Examination
Question 1
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"Serrated shadows, through dark leaves
Til, 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
"Serrated shadows, through dark leaves
Til, 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 imagery of darkness, silence, and 'night thieves' creates a mood of unease and apprehension.
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Question 2
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"The drums overwhelmed the guns..."
J.P. Clark: Casualties
The poet in the excerpt above uses
"The drums overwhelmed the guns..."
J.P. Clark: Casualties
The poet in the excerpt above uses
The use of the word 'drums' conveys sound directly, making it an instance of onomatopoeia.
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Question 3
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
".....They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests..."
J.P. Clark: Casualties
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through
".....They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests..."
J.P. Clark: Casualties
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through
The 'funeral piles eating up the forests' gives human qualities to funeral fires, making it personification.
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Question 4
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"I cannot rest from travel: I will
Drink
Life to the lees, all times I have
Enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly"
A.L. Tennyson: Ulysses
The lines above inform the reader that the poet
"I cannot rest from travel: I will
Drink
Life to the lees, all times I have
Enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly"
A.L. Tennyson: Ulysses
The lines above inform the reader that the poet
The poet speaks about drinking life to the lees and embracing both joy and suffering, showing his imagination and zest for life are kindled.
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Question 5
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"What eyes will watch our large mouths
Shaped by the laughter of big children
What eyes will watch our large mouths?"
Birago Diop: Vanity
The tone of the lines above is one of
"What eyes will watch our large mouths
Shaped by the laughter of big children
What eyes will watch our large mouths?"
Birago Diop: Vanity
The tone of the lines above is one of
The repetition and rhetorical questioning carry a sarcastic tone about human vanity.
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Question 6
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
The old man slept in his favourite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poem above is
The old man slept in his favourite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poem above is
The first two lines rhyme (chair/hair) and the last two lines rhyme (sap/lap), giving the scheme aabb.
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Question 7
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That board, and sleep, and feed...."
The lines above show that the speaker
"Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That board, and sleep, and feed...."
The lines above show that the speaker
The mention of 'unequal laws' highlights the presence of discrimination.
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Question 8
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
".....How can I look at Oyo and say I
Hate long shiny cars? How can I
Come to the children and despise
International schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
Family sees Jesus Christ in him...."
The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of
".....How can I look at Oyo and say I
Hate long shiny cars? How can I
Come to the children and despise
International schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
Family sees Jesus Christ in him...."
The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of
The speaker shows helplessness in the face of materialism and misplaced admiration, which conveys despair.
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Question 9
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth"
Wole Soyinka: Night
'Night children' in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of
"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth"
Wole Soyinka: Night
'Night children' in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of
The 'night children' haunting the earth metaphorically refers to the menace of armed robbers at night.
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Question 10
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary genre which directly imitates human action is
A literary genre which directly imitates human action is
Drama directly presents human action through performance, unlike other genres that narrate or describe.
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