UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

Read the poem and answer the question

At the onset of the rain

The drought-stricken land

Suck up the wetness

And the gates to the field

Are flung widely open.

It is the signal for planting!

It is time for joyous toiling!

At various times of day

The hard and erect hoe

Would thrust and dig deep

Into the receiving wet soil.

Seeds on different quantities

Seeds of varying potency

Are broadcasted in layers

Into the womb of the earth

With time and much labour

The seed now transformed

Blossoms and grows into new life!

The last line of the extract suggested the

• A. growth of a seed
• B. birth of a child
• C. harvesting of fruits
• D. flourishing of flowers

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA: LOOK BACK IN ANGER

Does Jimmy love Helena?

SECTION A: African Drama

DELE CHARLEY: The Blood of a Stranger

Examine the role of the shrine in the culture of Mando Land.

A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

• A. repetition
• B. paradox
• C. refrain
• D. parrallelism

A stanza of four lines in poetry is

• A. a quatrain
• B. a sestet
• C. an actave
• D. an elegy

Peter's pretty partner paid the bills is an example of___________?

• A. Alliteration
• B. Rhyme
• C. Satire
• D. Digression

It runs through the reeds And away it proceeds, Through meadows and glade, In sun and in shade. The dominant device used in the above extract is

• A. imagery
• B. symbolism
• C. rhyme
• D. pun

Read the poem and answer the question

''No longer mourn for me when I am dead

Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell

Give warning to the world that I am fled

from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''

The rhyming pattern of the lines is

• A. abab
• B. abba
• C. aabb
• D. aaab

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

Which of the following could be applicable to all genres?

• A. Symbolism
• B. Rhythm
• C. Action
• D. Narration

Through the trees l'll hear a single ringing sound, a cowbell jingle. The underlined illustrate _ rhyme.

• A. end
• B. decasyllabic
• C. internal
• D. diameter