Zion Academy Minna
SUBJECT : LITERATURE.
CLASS :JSS3
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
INSTRUCTION : Answer all questions from this section
1. What is the major device deployed in the following remark :“At the fall of the house they lived in, the
widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her earrings”
(a) metaphor (b) oxymoron (c) bathos (d) simile.
2. What is the dominant device exemplified in this sentence :“I came, I saw, I conquered”
(a) allusion (b) blank verse (c) free verse (d) illusion
3. A deliberate understatement in which one uses the negative in order to express the opposite of what
is meant is?
(a) antithesis (b) litotes (c) hyperbole (d) apostrophe
4. The expression of the exact opposite of what one me as or has in mind even though the words are not
supposed to be taken at face value is?
(a) sarcasm (b) euphemism (c) irony (d) metonymy
5. What figure of speech is prominent in ; “The US is making use of many Nigerian scientific brains in her
technological programmes”?
(a) synecdoche (b) metonymy (c) metaphor (d) oxymoron
6. To derive the meaning of a word through its sound is referred to as?
(a) phonetics (b) phoneme (c) oxymoron (d) onomatopoeia
7. When two words opposite in meaning stand shoulder to shoulder in a remark, a figure of speech
known as_______ has been used.
(a) enjambment (b) oxymoron (c) melodrama (d) hyperbole.
8. “Jolliba stood on the middle of the road, unafraid of the surging traffic, as if he was no longer alive”.
The major literary device in the preceding sentence is?
(a) synaesthesia (b) innuendo (c) syncopation (d) simile
9. In the remark, “The child is the father of the man”, the user deploys?
(a) paradox (b) oxymoron (c) pun (d) onomatopoeia
10. “The sunshine of her smile left me restless for days”. What is the most outstanding literary device
deployed in the sentence?
(a) personification (b) metaphor (c) metonymy (d) apostrophe
11. “For me delicious music and then prayers starts my typical day” the preceding sentence is an
example of?
(a) simile (b) litotes (c) bathos (d) synaesthesia
12. The figure of speech which states an unpleasant fact in a mild, pleasant manner is called?
(a) oxymoron (b) echoism (c) sarcasm (d) euphemism
13. A figurative expression in which a part stands for a whole or a whole stands for a part is referred to
as
(a) personification (b) amplification (c) synecdoche (d) metonymy
14. A question asked in a poem, drama or prose which does not demand an answer before it makes am
impact is known as?
(a) leading question (b) rhetorical question (c) paradoxical question (d) heeding question
15. “Hillary, the heiress of the Clinton political dynasty, held her head high as she harangued hooligans
in Harlem.”. The dominant literary device deployed in the preceding sentence is?
(a) metonymy (b) denouement (c) alliteration (d) anagnoris
16. Literature can be defined as a/an______ of life
(a) action (b) criticism (c) imitation (d) mockery (e) study
17. Fiction deals with_____
(a) evidence (b) facts (c) history (d) imagination (e) truth
18. A genre of literature that is written in chapters is
(a) drama (b) essay (c) novel (d) poetry (e) prose
19. A figure of speech that expresses the opposite of the writer's intention is?
(a) euphemism (b) hyperbole (c) irony (d) metaphor (e) repetition
20. Flash back reminds us of_______ events.
(a) future (b) immediate (c) past (d) present (e) serious
21. A leading female character is?
(a) actor (b) actress (c) antagonist (d) heroine (e) protagonist
22. A person who plays a role in a literary work is?
(a) antagonist (b) character (c) clown (d) protagonist (e) villian
23. The aesteriked word in the phrase “Your *busy bee* of a father” is an example of
(a) alliteration (b) consonance (c) onomatopoeia (d) pun (e) repetition.
24. “We shall take the bull by the horn” is an example of?
(a) folktale (b) idiom (c) parable (d) proverb (e) riddle
25. The expression “Let the sleeping dog lie” means to?
(a) allow a dog get enough rest (b) let peace reign (c) do away with an issue (d) allow a dog sleep
peacefully.
26. A literary work that ends happily is?
(a) comedy (b) farce (c) melodrama (d) tragedy (e) tragi_comedy.
27. Writers choice of words is?
(a) diction (b) language (c) plot (d) style (e) theme
28. A question which does not require an answer is called?
(a) classical (b) direct (c) indirect (d) medieval (e) rhetorical
29. The genre of literature that is written in stanza is?
(a) drama (b) poem (c) poetry (d) prose (e) novel
30. Literature is categorised into three____
(a) branches (b) division (c) forms (d) genres ( e) types
THEORY: ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
1. Write the meaning of the poem “United we stand” by E. E Sanyaolu with reference to the poem.
2. Write down 5 literary devices used in the poem “The determined Miner” by Ajepe, with reference to
the poem
3. Write the meaning of the poem “Moonlight” by Segun Adekoya with reference to the poem.
4.write five literary devices used in the poem “Moonlight” by Segun Adekoya with reference to the
poem
