Second Term Examination Literature Part B SS 1 Second Term Lesson Notes

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

Subject: Literature In English

Class: SS1 Time:2hrs

Section A: Objective

Instruction: Answer all question in this section.

1. The basic elements of drama are (a) character, plot, episode (b) dialogue, chorus, plot (c) character, Setting action, (d) character. Monologue, plot
2. The choice of appropriate words to convey the thoughts of an author is called ________ (a) idiomatic language (c) figure of speech (d) diction
3. Which of the following is likely a source of traditional oral poetry? _______ (a) theatre (b) fiction (c) books (d) songs
4. In a novel the antagonist is ________ (a) a fully developed character (b) a flat character (c) the main female character (d) the archrival of the hero

Read the extract below and answer question 5 and 7

The pattering rain was kicking up little

Explosions of dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream as it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.

1. The figure of speech underlined in line 1 is ______ (a) assonance (b) consonance (c) onomatopoeia (d) alliteration
2. The underlined expression in line 3 is _________ (a) litotes (b) personification (c) hyperbole (d) synecdoche
3. In poetry, rhythm is created by the regular pattern of __________ (a) vowels and consonants (b) long and short words (c) stressed and unstressed (d) stressed syllables and rhyme
4. Which of the following is an African poet? ___________ (a) Dennis Brutus (b) William Wordsworth (c) Robert Frost (d) W.B Yeast
5. A play that is full of exaggerated ridicule and laughter is called __________ (a) farce (b) comedy (c) tragic comedy (d) masque
6. In a play, a long speech by a single character in the presence of other characters is called ________(a) soliloquy (b) monologue (c) aside (d) prologue
7. What distinguishes a novel from a play (a) characters (b) setting (c) narration (d) theme
8. The literary device in the statement “ student are to come to class with their Shakespeare is called _______ (a) metonymy (b) litotes (c) synecdoche (d) personification
9. Which of the following is closest to the form of the novel? __________ (a) the short story (b) fable (c) tale (d) epic

Read the extract below and answer question 14__16

That age is best which is the first

When youth and blood are warmer

But being spent, the worse and worst

Time still succeed the former

1. The rhyme scheme is _________ (a) abba (b) abab (c) aabb (d) bbaa
2. The kind of rhyme scheme is known as __________ (a) alternate (b) irregular (c) free verse (d) couplet
3. A poem of four lines is known as a ___________ (a) sonnet (b) couplet (c) sestet (d) quatrain
4. A play on words is ________( a) innuendo (b) humor (c) pun (d) jest
5. A play is fully realized when it is ________ (a) studied (b) memorized (c) acted (d) read
6. An epitaph is _________ (A) A poem of lamentation (b) a poem of fourteen lines (c) an inscription on a tomb (d) the life history of an author
7. The essential function of a tragedy is to make people _________(A) laugh at mankind (B) think and feel more deeply (C) think and laugh (D) know their enemies
8. A short witty statement is called an _________ (A) epigram (B) anecdote (C) epistle (D) analogy
9. “ penny wise” “pound foolish” is an example of _______ (A) metonymy (B) hyperbole (C) metaphor (D) paradox
10. All fingers are not equal are example of _________(A) meiosis (B) oxymoron (C) hyperbole (D) synecdoche
11. The omniscience narrator is __________ (A) use flash back (B) knows all about character and event (C) makes reference to future incident (D) knows all about the author
12. A verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage _______ (A) intends more than he says (B) is alone (C) try to deceive the audience (D) is misunderstood
13. Which of the following is not a type of drama? (A) burlesque (B) resolution (C) tragedy (D) pantomime
14. “ The cell is a cruel place, sometimes a heaven” illustrate the use of _________ (A) paradox (B) sarcasm (C) anti climax (D) personification
15. An ode is usually a poem written for ________ (A) condemnation (B) celebration (C) instruction (D) entertainment
16. A symbolic representation of ideas or the follies of people is a/an (A) satire (B) fable (C) allegory (D) romance

“ grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle,

I am no traitors uncle; and that word “grace” in an ungracious mouth is but a profame

1. The dominant literary device used in the extract is (A) alliteration (B) assonance (C) onomatopoeia (D) repetition

Section B

Answer one question from each section (answer 3)

Section A (African prose) second class citizen by Buchi Emecheta

1. Discuss 5 major themes in the novel second class citizen

Unexpected joy at dawn by Alex Agyei Agyiri

1. Discuss Episodic narrative pattern in unexpected joy at dawn

Section B (African drama ) the lion and the jewel by Wole Soyinka

1. Discuss The Lion and the jewel as a satire according to professor Wole Soyinka

Let me die alone by John Kolsa Kargbo

1. How did colonial master contribute to the fall of mende kingdom in let me die alone

Section c: (African poetry) “The leader and the led’ by Niyi Osundare

1. Discuss the use of figures of speech in the poem the leader and the led

The” Grieved Lands of Africa” by Augustino Neto

1. How may Neto’s the Grieved Lands of Africa be considered an optimistic poem?

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