Literature-in-English First Term 2023/2024 Examination

Literature has _____ genres.

• eight

• play

• one

• three

______ mirrors life

• film

• literature

• camera

• textbook

Folklore and festival are classed under ______ literature.

• light

• tragic

• spoken

• literary

Panegyric is a form of _______ poetry.

• verb

• oral

• old

• written

______ is an element of literature.

• Fable

• festival

• plot

• lyrical poetry

A term used in describing an effective choice of words in a literary work is

• diphthong

• diction

• conflict

• climax

'I listened as the car screeched and squelched its tyres on the road; and mangy dogs roared and howled before I took another step.' The above sentence is an example of the use of

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• Enjambment

• Metonymy

A figure of speech in which a part stands for a part is referred to as

• personification

• partition

• synecdoche

• metonymy

A figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole for a part is referred to as

• personification

• partition

• synecdoche

• metonymy

Another term for the denouement of a play or story is

• reference

• interlude

• inference

• resolution