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This 2022 JAMB UTME Literature set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2022 set with instant marking.

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1. In a poem, the speaker says, ‘I thanked the drought for teaching my garden to thirst.’ The apparent praise actually condemns the drought. Which device is used?
  1. Verbal irony
  2. Apostrophe
  3. Euphemism
  4. Hyperbole

Answer: A. Verbal irony

The speaker's words express the opposite of the intended criticism, which is verbal irony.

2. In the line, ‘Her voice glowed like a lantern in the dark,’ which figure of speech is used?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Personification
  4. Metonymy

Answer: B. Simile

The comparison uses the explicit linking word ‘like’, making it a simile.

3. A poet ends a line after ‘She searched beneath the stones’ and continues the same grammatical sentence on the next line without a pause. What is this technique?
  1. Caesura
  2. Refrain
  3. Enjambment
  4. End-stopping

Answer: C. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a sentence or phrase runs beyond the end of a poetic line.

4. A poem chiefly laments the death of a village elder and reflects on the loss felt by the community. It is best described as a(n)
  1. ode
  2. ballad
  3. epic
  4. elegy

Answer: D. elegy

An elegy is a poem of mourning, commonly written in response to someone's death.

5. In ‘Silver streams softly swept the shore,’ the repetition of the initial consonant sound is an example of
  1. assonance
  2. alliteration
  3. consonance
  4. onomatopoeia

Answer: B. alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of an initial consonant sound in nearby words.

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