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Lineation refers to
The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the
The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is
This question is based on THE LEADER AND THE LED.
" The hyena says the crown is made for him" in the above excerpt, the use of the word "crown " is a good deployment of ____
This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____
"She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
Festus Iyayi; Violence
In the passage above, the speaker can be described as
'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
-Cynthia James; Drumology
The imagery in the excerpt above is largely
This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is
Dramatis personae in a play refers to
A trilogy is the
'... Not a few of us ended our application letter like this: 'if you are kind enough to accomodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my desposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...' yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys
The tone of the passage above is
"...Rage is Chief
Rage drags rags after you, of Charity
Laughter, sweetness and light, Rage is thief
Enemy of equanimity"
The figure of speech dominant in these lines is _____
A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is
A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is
When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it, I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose: I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.
The reaction in the passage above is that of
Be him English
Be him African
Be him Nigerian
The lines above are an example of
The sides of a stage are called
This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.
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"And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly"
The dominant device in this excerpt is ___
A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into _______ stanzas.
An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a