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JAMB Literature in English · Section 4

Literary Terms

Section 4: General Literary Terms and Principles

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Official JAMB Literature in English outline · Section 4: General Literary Terms and Principles

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Foreshadowing, suspense, theatre, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, symbolism, protagonist, antagonist, figures of speech, satire, stream of consciousness, synecdoche, metonymy, etc., in addition to those listed under the different genres

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Identify literary terms that are specific to drama, prose and poetry, and identify areas of overlap among all the genres, e.g. verse in drama and poetry, and narration in all the genres.

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