admin ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of a sentence performs the action (the active voice) or is affected by it (the passive voice). A sentence is said to be in active voice when we are interested in the doer of an action. In passive voice … Read more
DIRECT SPEECH AND INDIRECT SPEECH There are two ways of re-telling what a person has said: direct and indirect. DIRECT SPEECH Here we repeat the original speaker’s exact words: direct speech should be places within the quotation marks or inverted commas. The direct speech is found in conversations in books, in plays and quotations. He said, … Read more
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Kenya) Atieno washes dishes, Atieno plucks the chicken, Atieno gets up early, Beds her sucks down in the kitchen, Atieno eight years old Atieno yo. Since she’s my sister’s child Atieno needs no pay While she works my wife can sit Sewing each sunny day, With her earning … Read more
Eat more fruit!, the slogan say More fish, more beef, more bread But I’m on an employment pay My third year now and wed And so I wonder when I’ll see The slogan when I pass The only one that would suit me Eat more bloody grass! INTRODUCTION Joe Corrie (1894–1968) was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright … Read more
Exam Questions: Types and Characteristics 1. Multiple choice Multiple choice questions are composed of one question (stem) with multiple possible answers (choices), including the correct answer and several incorrect answers (distractors). Typically, students select the correct answer by circling the associated number or letter, or filling in the associated circle on the machine-readable response sheet. … Read more
THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL BY FERDINAND OYONO TITLE: THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL AUTHOR: Ferdinand Oyono Setting: Cameroon PLOT SUMMARY PART ONE CHAPTER ONE Meka wakes up at daybreak in a very poor hut and finds his wife Kelara still snoring. He wakes her up … Read more
THE CONCUBINE BY ELECHI AMADI THE CONCUBINE BY ELECHI AMADI TITLE: THE CONCUBINE AUTHOR: ELECHI AMADI SETTING: NIGERIA The Concubine by definition: is a woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is not married to, and has a lower social rank than his wife or wives. The book title … Read more
THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO BY WOLE SOYINKA THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO BY WOLE SOYINKA TITLE: THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO PLAYWRIGHT: Wole Soyinka Setting: Nigeria PLOT SUMMARY The play is divided into five scenes that communicate the playwright’s message. Scene one: The scene breaks with a monologue from Brother Jero in which … Read more
GIRLS AT WAR BY CHINUA ACHEBE GIRLS AT WAR BY CHINUA ACHEBE TITLE: GIRLS AT WAR Author: Chinua Achebe Setting: Nigeria Plot Straightforward narration. The story is told in a straightforward narration in which the author narrates the events occurring in the story linking them in a cause and effect relationship. Each event that occurs … Read more
THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST BY AMA ATA AIDOO THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST BY AMA ATA AIDOO TITLE: THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST PLAWRIGHT: Ama Ata Aidoo CASTS (Characters) Ato Yawson: A young Ghanaian graduate. Eulalie Yawson: Afro-American graduate. Esi Kom: Ato’s mother Monka: His sister. Nana: His grandmother. Akyere: His elder aunt. … Read more