OAU Literature-In-English 2010/2011 Past Questions

The motile death in the play serve as a punishment for

Romeo's death becomes inevitable because

Before he met Juliet, Romeo was in love with

Winston smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by

In the novel, Orwell attempts to

The experts, of course. Disagree. The urine test they ordered. Sid, negative the line above from Acqah's in the Novel of the soul depict

In kunene's A Heritage of Liberation, freedom is to be achieved through the efforts of

This is my letter to the world. That never wrote to me. The simple news Nature told. With tender majesty. Her message is committed. To hands I cannot see. For love of her, sweet countrymen. Judge tenderly of me. 8. To whom does 'her' in line 5 refers to?

Characterization in a novel means the

Caricature is used to

The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is

As a literary form the short story is most closely related to

A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, deal jug with heroic figures is called

The literary device which uses ridicule to correct social ills is known as

The madman has entered our house with violence. Defiling our sacred grounds. Claiming the single truth of the universe. Bending down our priest with iron. Mazizi Kunene's Progress.

The imagery of the lines above captures the idea of

Behold her, single in the field. You solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself. Ste here, or gently pass! Alone she curs and blinds the grain. And signs a melancholy strain. O listen! For the Vale profound. Is overflowing with the sound. 16. The rhyming scheme in the first standza of 'The Solidary Reaper above is

Carreemed, These oily tears. Dripping down the tears on your depressed face. Will one day be staunched, I swear!' 17. the tone of the poet is

What distinguishes poetry' from other forms of literature is its

Assonance in poetry is the repetition of

There kneels a jigger a louse, a weevil, a flea, a bedbug! He is mistletoe, a parasite that lives on the trees of other people's lives! 20. The speaker uses a string of

Yopu kiss her on the cheek. As white people do. You kiss her open-sore lips. As white people do. You suck slimy saliva. From each other's mouths, as white people do. 21. Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lanino. The writer of the lines above uses repetition to enhance irony

Mother, didn't you hear me? I've brought the goat, hen and yams. Don't you want them any more? Why do you continue to look at me like that? I haven't done anything wrong again, have I? answer me, speak to me, mother! 22. The dominant mood in this passage is one of

The literary device which anticipates that an event vil! Take place is best described as

The major reason for Juliet's grief is

Then suddenly her heart was shipped up, she now rode on strange waves: alone defying the wind and the rain, alone, fighting hunger and thirst in the desert, alone, struggling with strange demons in the forest, bringing, glad tidings to her people. The mood of the lady in this passage is one of