LITERATURE SSS TWO

S. S. S. 2

REVISION

LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH

MONDAY

Explain the following terms used in Literature.

i.               Symbolism                                               xi.        Metonym

ii.             Imagery                                                    xii.       Flashback

iii.           Repetition                                                            xiii.      Allusion

iv.           Rhetorical Question                                 xiv.      Malapropism

v.             Simile                                                       xv.       Alliteration

vi.           Metaphor                                                  xvi.      Structure

vii.         Personification                                         xvii.     Diction                                               

viii.       Synecdoche                                              xviii.    Anthology

ix.           Parallelism                                                xix.      Lyric

x.             Transferred Epithet                                  xx.       Fable

TUESDAY

i.                    Use your ‘Get Ready Books on Poetry’ here.

ii.                  Write out the poem “Vanity” by Birago Diop and read it.

WEDNESDAY

Using your own expressions, explain the following steps.

i.               The poet

ii.             Poem synopsis

iii.           Stanza one

iv.           Stanza two

v.             Stanza three

vi.           Stanza four

vii.         Stanza five

THURSDAY

List and explain five themes that are visible in the poem. Use your own words.

FRIDAY

1.             Critically examine the poet’s view on the theme of underdevelopment in Africa.

2.             Birago Diop, in his poem, “Vanity” expresses a concern on the failure of present Africans to consolidate on the effort of past leaders. Discuss.