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In drama, the use of gestures to communicate is known as

A
mime
B
realistic drama
C
melodrama
D
dialogue
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This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

A brother to Aaron and Maanan is

A
George
B
Awere
C
Hannah
D
Awao
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A significant of a whole through its significant part is

A
allegory
B
pun
C
synecdoche
D
cast
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

A cursing rogue with a merry farce,

A bundle of rags upon a crurch,

Stumbled upon that windy place

Called cruachan, and it was as much.

The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

A
aabb
B
abab
C
bbaa
D
abba
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

In Launko's End of the War, the Casualties are

A
women
B
soldiers
C
children
D
men
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through

'........They do not see the funeral piles

At home eating up the forests.......'

_ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties

A
metaphor
B
personification
C
synecdoche
D
antonym
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The figure of speech in the line below from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is 'We would be believing we dreamt it'

A
assonance
B
antithesis
C
apostrophe
D
alliteration
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Use the passage below to answer this question.

'But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.

She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains

heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost'.

The subject matter of the passage is

A
earthquake
B
demolition
C
flood
D
storm
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The theme of Cope's sonnet V11 is

A
adventure
B
isolation
C
contempt for literature
D
art of poetry
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This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Where does the play take place?

A
In George's place
B
In Ofosu's place
C
On the street
D
On the stage
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