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    SS2 LITERATURE, 1ST TERM EXAMINATION 2024

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    PAPER 1

    SECTION A (OBJECTIVES)

    1. Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is A. an epilogue B. a
    mine C. a soliloquy D. an aside

    2. A pause within a line of poetry is A. an alliteration B. a caesura C. a metre D. an assonance

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    3. A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is A. motif B. allusion
    C. legend D. anecdote

    4. When you are old and grey and full of sleep. The rhythmic pattern of the above line is
    A. anapaestic B. dactylic C. trochaic D. iambic
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    5. An inscription on a tombstone is an A. epitaph B. epistle C. epigram D. ode

    6. A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a A. couplet B. haiku C. terza rima D. heroic
    couplet

    7. The chorus normally features prominently in A. poetry B. the epic C. the novel D. drama
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    8. A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is A. myth
    B. legend C. motif D. fable

    Read the extract below and answer questions 9 to 11.

    What happened to a dream deferred?

    Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

    Or fester like a sore

    And then run?

    Does it stink like rotten meat?

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    9. The dominant literary device is A. the epithet B. the rhetorical question C. verbal irony D. paradox

    10. “does it stink like rotten meat?” makes use of the sense of A. taste B. touch C. sight D. smell
    11. The mood of the poem is one of A. joy B. doubt C. anger D. certainty
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    12. A short play performed in the pause between the act of a longer play is A. denouement
    B. interlude C. prologue D. epilogue

    13. The most intense part of a conflict is the A. resolution B. climax C. denouement D. deus ex
    machine

    14. I feel a million times better than I felt yesterday is A. an apostrophe B. a euphemism C. an irony
    D. a hyperbole

    15. ldentify the odd item: A. third-person narrative B. literary appreciation C. first-person narrative
    D. epistolary technique
    16. A dramatist is someone who....plays A. writes B. directs C. commissions D. promotes

    17, Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket illustrates A. sarcasm B. allusion C. climax
    D. euphemism
    18. A dramatic performance without words is A. mime B. an aside C. a monologue D. a soliloguy
    19.. Utopia is a term used to describe A. strange circumstances B. difficult conditions C. pleasant
    feelings D. ideal societies

    20. The lawyer addressed the bench illustrates A. simile B. oxymoron C. alliteration D. metonymy

    THEORY

    SECTION B (THEORY)

    INSTRUCTION: Answer FOUR (4) questions from this section.

    1. Discuss the structure of She Walks in Beauty.

    2. State and explain the poetic devices in Telephone Call.

    3. Discuss three (3) themes in “Once Upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara.

    4. List and discuss 5 poetic devices used in “New Tongue” by Elizabeth Kamara.

    5. Briefly explain the structure and language of “Not My Business” by Niyi Osundare.

    6. Analyze the mood and tone of “Hearty Garlands” by S.O.H Afriye-Vidza.

    7. State and discuss three themes in “Night” by Wole Soyinka.

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