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20 Jamb Literature Likely Questions

Updated: December 31, 2025 by FlashIsaac

What will Jamb set in Literature for 2022 UTME and what are the top hot likely questions to come out in Jamb Literature? Continue reading for important Literature Questions and Answers for Jamb 2022.

The 20 Questions and answers will cover every Chapter in Jamb Literature. However, the Likely Accounts Questions will not be arranged topic by topic.

Jamb Literature Questions And Answers

1. The literary device that describes the year a novel is written is

Answer: Setting

2. The combination of two or more metaphor is called

Answer: Mixed Metaphor

3. “Tolu is my bitter friend” illustrates the use of

Answer: Oxymoron

4. Assonance refers to

Answer: repetition of vowel sounds

5. The summary of a literary work is also referred to as

Answer: Subject matter

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6. A foil character usually

Answer: Contrast with another character

7. ….. is also called a dynamic character

Answer: Round character

8. When a character says something and means another, it is called?

Answer: verbal irony

9. ….. is a figure of speech that has to do with sound

Answer: Onomatopoeia

10. Which is the oldest genre of literature

Answer: Poetry

11. “The best way to make your parents proud is to disobey them”. The above statement employs the use of

Answer: Irony

12. A play on words that sound similar is called

Answer: pun

13. A hero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called

Answer: Tragic hero

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14. A short witty saying is known as an ……

Answer: Epigram

15. Another word for enjambment is

Answer: Run-on-lines

16. …. is referred to the moral of the story

Answer: Theme

17. The use of diction in the play can be described as

Answer: Simple and easily understood

18. “Love that feeds me” illustrates the use of ….

Answer: Personification

19. “You are an animal”. What figure of speech is used in this statement

Answer: Metaphor

20. “I hate brave cowards like you” is an example of

Answer: Oxymoron

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