JAMB LITERATURE QUIZ 2

In poetry, the term licence imples

• freedom to sell poems

• liberty the poets take with language

• approval given to poets to compose poems

• honour given to deserving poets

A form of writing in which the poet writes with nostalgia about simple village life is

• ballad

• romance

• epic

• pastoral

Tone and mood of a poem refer to

• locale

• atmosphere

• setting

• space

A ballad is meant to be

• acted

• discussed

• read

• sung

The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllables is

• trochaic decametre

• dactylic metre

• iambic pentametre

• anapestic metre

A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is

• eulogy

• anthology

• lampoon

• premiere

In a narrative poem, the poet attempts to

• descrdibe a place

• preach a sermon

• tell a story

• summarize a story

A poetic device in which an idea in a line runs into the another is called

• rhyme scheme

• enjambment

• end rhyme

• pathos

The use of sound patterns to suggest meaning in poetry is

• rhythm

• mimics

• lyric

• metonymy

A short and witty remark is

• a limerick

• a tercet

• an epigram

• a litotes