SS 2 Lit in English Term 2
SS 2 Lit in English Term 2
SS 2 Lit in English Term 2
OBJECTIVES :
1. Only one of the following is not a genre of literature. Identify it. (a) drama (b) Fiction (c) poetry (d)
Prose
2. A story or belief that is passed down from one generation to generation by word of mouth is called
________ (a) poetry (b) legend (c) myth (d) Oral literature
3. Only one of these titles is not an example of a prose (a) mime (b) biography (c) letters (d) fables
4. Poetry is written in____________ (a) verses (b)chapters (c) acts (d) paragraphs
5. Drama is only fully realized when it has been acted _____________ (a) on stage (b) by audience (c)
outside the stage (d) by a cast
6. Tragedy ends _____________ (a) happily (b) sadly (c) quickly (d) with laughter
7. A sonnet is a type of _________________ (a) drama (b)poem (c) literary device (d) prose
8. A literary work written about a past hero is a/an ________ (a) legend (b) creative work (c) myth (d)
epic
9. A play which aims at laughter and entertainment only is called ________ (a) ode (b) comedy (c)
pantomine (d) farce
10. The list of actors in play is called _______ (a) hero (b) protagonist (c) cast (d) villian
11. The Crown must respect the hoe. The underlined is an example of __________ (a)synedoche (b)
metonymy (c) sarcasm (d) personification
12. A play on words is the same as _______ (a) synedoche (b) metonymy (c) apostrophe (d) pun
13. The Sole of all improvement is the improvement of the soul. The above saying reflects ____ (a)
Paradox (b) oxymoron (c) s (d)pun
14. The difference between poetry and drama is ________ (a) action (b) theme (c) mood (d) tone
15. All fingers are not equal but working fingers will excel. The figures of speech in here is (a) metonymy
(b) synecdoche (c) onomatopoeia (d) oxymoron
16. "Barbies joyous sadness encouraged Atim" exemplifies (a) conflict (b) paradox (c) pun (d)
oxymoron
17. Any work of art that ridicules society with an intention to correct is called __________ (a) satire (b)
satyre (c) apostrophe(d) apostrophy
18. The words spoken by characters in a literary work is called ___________ (a) speech (b) dialogue (c)
poetry (d) person
19. Immediately dirty Delia walked into the class the teacher exclaimed here comes the neatest girl
award winner! This is an example of ________ (a) Sarcasm (b) hyperbole (c) onomatopaeia (d) satire
20. The recall of past events in order to explain the present in a literary work is called _________ (a)
recall (b) remembering (c) recapitulations (d) flash back
THEORY :
1a. Who wrote the play "The Lion and the Jewel"