JAMB Literature in English · Prose
Narrative techniques/devices: JAMB Literature in English Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Narrative techniques/devices
Our summary: How a story is told: the point of view, the kinds of character and the language the author uses.
- Point of view (Omniscient; First person; Second person; Third person; Stream of consciousness; Epiphany)
- Characterisation (Round, flat, foil, hero, antihero, villain, heroine, etc.)
- Language
Objectives
- identify the narrative techniques used in each of the prescribed texts;
- determine an author's narrative style;
- distinguish between one type of character from another;
- Grammar, diction and clarity of expression.
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JAMB Literature in English questions on Narrative techniques/devices
- JAMB 2025This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Take my colt, gipsy, then! said young Earnshaw … and wheedle my father out of all he has The…
- JAMB 2025This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn The narrative technique employed in the novel is
- JAMB 2025This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. From the events in the novel, one can conclude that Joseph is
- JAMB 2025This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I will wait, if I can only…
- JAMB 2023This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN. "She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is
- JAMB 2023The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the
- JAMB 2023The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly…
- JAMB 2022The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is
- JAMB 2022… is also called a dynamic character
- JAMB 2022A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is
- JAMB 2019The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of …
- JAMB 2018These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue …
- JAMB 2018The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS In the novel, bage cap signifies everlasting … ?
- JAMB 2018Characterisation in a novel refers to the … ?
- JAMB 2017A character whose name is also the source of the title of the narrative is called … ?
- JAMB 2017This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless The narrative style adopted in the novel is
- JAMB 2017This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless The dominant tone of the novel is one of
- JAMB 2016This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son. You want to know something then you run like a rabbit' The device used in the line above is
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