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UI Post-UTME Literature in English 2013 (Model questions) past questions and answers

4 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.

Question 2

Figures of Speech

Satire employs the use of

  1. A.onomatopoeia
  2. B.irony
  3. C.synecdoche
  4. D.melancholy
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Answer: B (irony)

Explanation

Satire mocks vices largely through irony, saying one thing and meaning another.

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Question 7

Literary Terms and Devices

A reward or punishment a character receives in a literary work is

  1. A.point of attack
  2. B.popular outcry
  3. C.poetic license
  4. D.poetic justice
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Answer: D (poetic justice)

Explanation

Poetic justice is when good characters are rewarded and wicked ones punished.

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Question 10

Literary Terms and Devices

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

  1. A.hero
  2. B.heroine
  3. C.opposition
  4. D.villain
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Answer: D (villain)

Explanation

The villain (antagonist) works against the hero.

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Question 21

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
Extract from Christopher Okigbo, Heavensgate
The passage, as printed

Read the extract. The complexity of the poem can be ascribed to the poet's use of

  1. A.archaic diction
  2. B.structural inversion
  3. C.compound words
  4. D.extended metaphor
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Answer: B (structural inversion)

Explanation

The normal word order is turned round ('Me to the Orangery / Solitude invites'), which makes the lines hard to follow: structural inversion.

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