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Jamb Series 30: Key Points In Jamb Literature

Modified On Dec 9, 2021 By Isaac

A few days ago, I wrote a comprehensive guide on hot key points in Jamb Physics. Since I did that, a lot of students have been demanding such a topic for other Jamb subjects. In this article, I shall give you 50 key Points in Jamb English Literature.

Did you know that Literature is studied as a subject in school because it exposes students to the realities of life? Now you know… Continue reading for more facts and important topics in Jamb literature to help you in Jamb 2022.

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50 Hot Facts In Literature For Jamb 2022

1. The plot of a novel is best described as a summary of the story.

2. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because it ends unhappily.

3. A novel can be described as an extended prose narrative covering a wide range of characters and experience.

4. A play is a drama because it can be acted on the stage.

5. In telephone conversation, the tone of the question “you mean-like plain or milk chocolate?’ is Sarcastic.

6. Poetry deals with emotion and ideas.

7. The main purpose of drama is to educate and entertain us.

8. Paradox is a a statement or position that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. Paradox is a very common figure of speech.

9. The ‘Myth of the Bagre’ is recited at the coming age of young men and women.

10. Dramatic Irony entails a statement that means more than is evident to to its maker.

11. The dominant rhetorical device used in poem is Personification.

12. The title of Achebe’s things fall apart is taken from poem written by W.B Yeats.

13. A sonnet is a Poem with fourteen lines.

14. Dialogue is important in drama because it reveals the mind of the characters.

15. The dominant mood in Senghor’s peom ‘In Memoriam’ is one of Nostalgia

16. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart can be described as historical novel.

17. To be complete, a play must have a conflict.

18. ‘Assonance’ is a product of a poet’s use of similar sounding vowels.

19. A well known epic in English Literature is Paradise Lost.

20. Because of his fiery temper as a youth, Odewale was called the Scorpion.

21. A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as Hyperbole.

22. ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ is an example of Metonym.

23. In Poetry, elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of death and decay.

24. In the poem ‘The Vultures’, David Diop suggests that the Christian missionaries were agents of Colonialism.

25. Characterisation in a novel means the mode of presenting the fictional individuals.

26. The tragedy in Romeo and Juliet occurred as a result of circumstances rather than flaws in character.

27. Caricature is used to ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features.

30. The substitution of a mild and pleasant expression for a harsh and blunt one is called Euphemism.

31. Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called definitive.

32. The novel, The Novella and the Short Story are the major sub-genres of prose fiction.

33. A couplet is a succession of two rhyming lines.

34. An allegory is a story in which people or things or events have another meaning.

35. Alliteration is the repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound.

36. And ODE is described as lyrical poem addressed to some persons or things.

37. ‘The child is the father of the man’ is an example of Paradox.

38. A play is called comedy when there is a happy resolution of contradictions.

39. The persons who take part in a play are sometimes referred to as dramatis personae.

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

41. An imitation, bordering on ridicule of an author’s style and ideas is known as Parody.

42. Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to analyse and evaluate a literary work.

43. In Poetry, ‘run-on-line’ can be found in most kinds of poem.

44. In a work of literature, plot is constructed on recurring events.

45. In literary work, setting refers to the sum of physical, social and historical circumstances.

46. The epilogue in a literary composition is at the end.

47. ‘The Fulani creation story’ suggests that the basic problem of man is Pride.

48. The dominant literary device in in Diop’s Vanity is rhetorical questions.

49. The speech made by a character to himself on stage is SOLILOQUY.

50. The continuation of meaning without pause, from one line to the next is enjambment.

Jamb Series Part 30: Top 50 Key Points In Jamb Literature. Feel free to call my attention if you noticed any mistake in the key points above. Also, don’t fail to share this wonderful piece with friends on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.

Question for You: What is Drama?


Other Guide On The Series:Part 1 to 15: Summary of part one to fifteenPart 16: Join my Jamb WhatsApp GroupPart 17: Books to Read for EnglishPart 18: Textbook to read for Jamb MathsPart 19. Book to read for Jamb BiologyPart 20: Jamb chemistry textbookPart 21: Books to jark for EconomicsPart 22: Agric books to glance throughPart 23: Jamb Physics recommended textPart 24: Books to read for GeographyPart 25: Books to read for Jamb governmentPart 26: How to blast jamb EnglishPart 27: How to solve Jamb maths without calculatorPart 28: Questions in Jamb chemistryPart 29: You are given rough sheet in Jamb hall> See latest post on my Jamb series.

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31 Comments

  1. Mordecai Semshak Gorinji says

    Thank you sir

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  2. Joy says

    Thanks so much sir

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  3. Faith says

    Thank you sir

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  4. Rosemary says

    Thanks sir
    But sir on literary appreciation I need
    Enlightenment on it sir

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  5. christianah says

    selected books for literature is not included

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  6. abiodun kausara says

    thanks so much

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  7. Oliver beatrice says

    Pls i want to study phsycology,is lit,crk,govt and eng ok?

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  8. owolabi pelumi says

    dis is very helpful thanx

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  9. favourite says

    thank a lot

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  10. Anonymous says

    What are the novels to be read for literature in English
    Urgent pls

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    • faith says

      this was really helpful thanks alot

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    • Faith says

      faceless
      Native son
      Lonely days
      Otello

      Reply
  11. baba jeje says

    thanks i love it

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    • baba jeje says

      gv me ur what app group num

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  12. Ella says

    Can I get a clearer definition of #41 parody… Sorry buh Ah still don’t get it

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  13. Anonymous says

    Can I get a clearer definition of #41 parody… Sorry buh Ah still don’t get it

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  14. Ella says

    Wow nice…. Luv dis

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  15. Ella says

    Wow nice ..love did piece

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  16. Anonymous says

    Plz how can I join the what’s app group

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  17. rojaiye amanda says

    this is helpful=) but please note that the use of personification depends on the poem.

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  18. omosaye joy says

    Good evening i am on whatapp pls can i be part og this great thing sir may the lord bless you

    Reply
  19. Divine says

    Sir Your definition of dramatic irony is wrong it actually means that the reader or audience knows something that one or more characters in a piece of drama are not aware of

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  20. Anonymous says

    Sir Your definition of dramatic irony is wrong it actually means that the reader or audience knows something that one or more characters in a piece of drama are not aware of

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    • Marvis says

      Go and read your books again.

      Reply
  21. UMA R. MEMBER says

    please sir, can i be able to see this questions in jamb hall that day? sir

    Reply
  22. Anonymous says

    Pls wot is peripeteia and bildungsroman and malapropism

    Reply
  23. gracious d says

    can i forge ahead with lit,gov,eng,and economics in law

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      Everything is okay Economics is not too advised but works

      Reply
  24. Godwin says

    please how can I join the WhatsApp group of flash learner’s on jamb?

    Reply
  25. Mide David says

    Thank you so much

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