024 Time: 3 Hours 1. 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 301024 ll 100010 | NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (For Both School and Private Candidates) Instructions This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions. room. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks. All writing must be in black or blue ink. Year: 2023 Communication devices and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(S). Page 1 of 6 see2023
() For each of the items (i) -(x), choose the correct answer from anmong the given altcrnatives and its letter beside the corresponding item number in the booklet provided. (ii) (v) called A brief description about a book that is written at the back for promotion purposes is A D (ix) A Dialogue D Aside The situation when some characters are speaking in turn in the literary work is called A Symbolism A A preface autobiography D (ii) Which literary devise refers to the expression, "Mtimkavu is a lion"? A A D SECTION A (16 Marks) Answer all questions in this section. (iv) How is the plot of the novel "Concubine" by Elechi Amadi" arranged? Flashback style A D D Flash back- forward E Fore -flashback Elegy poetry A B prelude Simile Hyperbole B E Identify the type of poetry which is composed to be sung for a dead person. Didactic poetry B Epic poetry C Ode poetry Poet Novella B Anecdote E D Fable (vi) Matundwe is a literary artist who composes plays. How is he called? A comedian DA biographer B Soliloquy Irony E B Chronological order C Mixed style Simile Synecdoche (vii) Identify the figure of speech which enables a reader to form a mental picture? C 0magery B E B E Sonnet poetry An autobiographer (viii) Which literary term is used to denote a female artist who composes poems? E An novelist C Personification Allusion C acknowledgement Singer Playwright Monologue C Apostrophe B Folk tale Myth C Page 2 of 6 Which types of oral literature involves telling a short story about an interesting or amusing person or event? C A playwright Poetess C Parable D Metaphor E bibliography
3 (x) (i) Which literary term describes a situation where a concept or idea entails making reference to events. persons or objccts the audience/readers are familiar with? C Metonymy (ii) A D Off stage voce Personification Match thc descriptions of the stages of plot development in List A with the stages of plot in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the corresponding item number in the answer booklet provided. E It occurs near the end of the story. Allusion List A The insertion of background information in a story. Aside of the performance. (iv) The highest point of tension in a narrative plot. (v) It occurs when the conflicts of the characters start. (iii) Part of the performance where the main problem is worked out. C Action He read medicine, Specializing in the tooth And graduated with honours With anew thesis To cure the aching malady. SECTION B (54 Marks) Answer all questions in this section. " Our teeth shall be all right" Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow: (vi) The events meant to be at the end to be found at the beginning F People chanted, welcoming his service. And he started work, prompt and inmmediate List B A Exposition Page 3 of 6 B Climax D Resolution E Falling action Rising action G Flashback
4. 5. 6. They brought him all teeth they had Decaying teeth, aching teeth, strong teeth. And he started working on their jaws Diligently pulling out every tooh From the jaws of every mouth. And they paid him with meat Which now they could not eat. And so on went the dentist Making heaps and heaps of teeth Useless. Laying them waste Without fear than soon Very soon indeed, He would have no teeth to attend to, No tooth for which to call himself a dentist. Questions (a) What is the poem about? (b) Briefly explain who is the persona in this poem? (c) Briefly explain two possible themes that are potrayed in this poem. (d) Explain briefly two poetic devices that have been used in this poem. (e) Why do you think that the poem is relevant to the contemporary society? Give two How: does each of the given oral presentation techniques in (a) - () help in improving oral storytelling to the audience? (a) reasoms. (b) Facial expressions Verbal techniques (c) Mimicking (d) Singing and dancing () (e) Gestures (a) Encouraging the audience's reactions How does poetry differ from prose? Give six points. For each of the expressions in (a) - (), identify the genre of oral literature which is described. A long story often told in verse form involving heroes and gods. r Page 4 of 6 LP/07.
7. 8. (b) (c) (e) (d) Displays of humour whose words in narratives or dialogucs make the audience laugh. A sentence or phrase which is difficult to articulate/pronounce quickly because of the sequence of nearly similar sounds. () Write the correct answer for each of the items (a) - () in the answer booklet provided. (a) Why is poetic licence important when composing poem? (c) (b) Why is irony used when creating a literary work? (e) When does literature become imaginary? (d) How is the plot important to a novelist? () A puzzling question, statenent or deseription, especially one which intends to test the respondent's cleverness. A soothing song. pocm or picce of music that is ustually sung to make a baby sleep, to calm a baby down when they are crying or instill into them some morals. (a) A short interesting or amusing story about a real person or event. For each of the items (a) - (), fill in the blank space by choosing the correct answer from the box and write it in the answer booklet provided. (c) Tragic-comedy. Play, Lullaby, Comedy, Non-fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Genre, Historical (d) Novel (e) Why do poets use metaphors in their works? () Why is the title of a literary work important? (b) The type of play that involves both humorous and funny elements is called The class, form, kind or type of literary work is called A literary genre that is assumed to use more figures of speech than other genres is known as A narrative, especially in prose, created from imagination is called A piece of writing or a dramatic work designed for acting on the stage is known as A novel which narrates events that belong to a period prior to the time they are presented is known as Page 5 of 6
Page 6 of 6 e plat ati Gie dRQC JNnts from cach piay. W e to lewn various hings from characters." Justify this statement by using two plays. 10. tleit ssaCcctively. Give three points for each novel. 9 b¡ilai iit sonHcts. Give three points for each poem. atd binst Die' by Claude McKay, explain with examples the distinctive features of Usiittifoies drawn from the two poems "Ballad of the Land Lord' by Langston. Hughes Grown up with Poetry - David Rubadiri Sclected Poems - Tanzania institute of Education Poetry The CoCubine - Amad. i:. The Oid Man and the Meia! Oyono, F. Houscboy Oyono, F. A Walk in the Night and Otier Stories - Guma, A. Noveis The GoCnt nspector Gogol, N. The Dcaa of a Ghost The Lio nd the Jewel The Trial: «t Brother Jero - Soyinka, W. Aidoo, A.A. Soyinka. W. Phuys LIST DR EANGS Answr two {2) questions rom this section. Question nine (9) is Compulsory. SECTION C (30 Marks) Unt io iOvcis. show how writers have managed to use various literary devices to present