PART C
LITERATURE
[10 marks]
Answer all the questions in this part.
SACKEY J.A and DARMANI L. (COMP): The Cockcrow
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(a) to 5(c).
KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home
"My friend, Sira, was Waale's only daughter. As I said, we had grown up together, and had attended school together. She had not been able to complete her elementary schooling, although she was a brilliant girl."
Who is Waale?
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Sira could not complete her elementary schooling because ......
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Sira was not among the people who came to welcome the writer because ......
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(d) to 5(e).
AMAATAAIDOO: The Girl Who Can
"They say that I was born in Hasodzi; and it is a very big village in the Central Region of our country, Ghana ......"
The extract is the ...... of the story
"They say that I was born ......" shows that ......
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(f) to 5(h).
AMAATAAIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost
MONKA [To herself]: I remember the time he was preparing to go to the white man's land ...... The money ...... the money ...... This is something which no one should hear anything about.
According to Monka, one of the things no one should hear anything about is ......
The extract is an example of a/an ......
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The money ...... the money ...... is an example of a literary device called .....
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(i) to 5(j).
EVELYN TOOLEY HUNT: Mama Is a Sunrise
When she comes slip-footing through the door, she kindles us
like lump coal lighted
and we wake up glowing.
The extract brings out the theme of ......
... she kindles us
like lump coal lighted ...
The dominant figure of speech in the lines above is ......