DEMO ~PAPER 153 - QNS

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION

FORM FOUR-LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

TIME: 3:00 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.

2. Answer all questions from section A and B and choose three questions from section C.

3. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.

4. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (15 MARKS)

THEORIES OF LITERATURE

Answer all questions from this section

1. Choose the most correct answer from the alternative given

i)The statement “All the world’s brains could not solve the CORONA problem” is;

1. Metaphor

2. Synecdoche

3. Simile

4. Apostrophe

ii)Oxymoron is a literary device combining two opposing ideas. Which of the following statements is not an oxymoron.

1. We had a freezing fire time

2. Bitter in the morning, sweet in the evening

3. The boy is a kind cruel figure

4. Mwantumu is a real lioness

iii)Instructions written by the playwright to describe the setting, character or costume are called;

1. Scene

2. Tension

3. Stage directions

4. Mood

iv)The following are some elements that mark the structure of a chronological plot except one,mention it.

1. Expossion

2. Rising action

3. Climax

4. Foreshadowing

v)One important narrative technique is point of view. This is defined as:

1. The third person point of view

2. The vantage angle from which the story is told.

3. By using the pronoun “I, and me” in the first person point of view.

4. The third person point of view is omniscient using the pronouns “She, he, they etc.”

vi)Generally, in literature there are two types of opposing main characters. Which are:

1. Main and minor characters

2. Protagonists and antagonists

3. Dynamic and static characters

4. Flat and round characters

vii)One of the following is not a lyric poem

1. Sonnet

2. Ode

3. Ballad

4. Elegy

viii)Which of the following are not the elements of the blurb.

1. Title and colour

2. Picture and/or Drawing

3. Message and lesson

4. Title and writings

ix)The followings are the subgenres of orature except one;

1. Myths

2. Fable

3. Octave

4. Proverbs

x)Poems use different sound devices, which of the following entails the use of repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of the word.

1. Assonance

2. Alliteration

3. Onomatopoeia

4. Consonance

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