2024 First Term Examination on Reading and Expression Skill JSS 1

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Welcome to your 2024 First Term Examination on Reading and Expression Skill JSS 1

OBJECTIVES

1. Drama is a literary work which involves the use of ------ among the characters

2. When drama is acted on stage, it is called -------

3. Poetry is written in -------

4. One example of a fictional prose is ------

5. 'Myth' derived from a Greek word ' mythos' means -------

6. A figure of speech where two unlike things are compared directly is known as -----

7. A play that ended sadly or sorrowfully is called ------

8. The oldest form of literature is ------

9. The sequential arrangement of events in a story is --------

10. The people who perform actions in a novel are called -----

Identify the figure of speech used in the following expressions.

11. ' I can move mountain when I cry'

12. ' Evelyn is as lovely as a flower '

13. ' Love is blind '

14. The conversation between characters on stage is known as ------

15. The central idea which an author talks about in a story is the -------- of the story

16. All are elements of drama EXCEPT

17. Identify the odd term among the list

18. A person who writes drama is called ------

19. Besides short story, the smallest form of prose work is -----

20. A story containing animal characters is an example of ------

SUBJECTIVES

21. A person who writes a novel is called -----

22. The book in which many collections of poems are written is called ------

23. Another name for a hero in a story is -----

24. The literary device used to tell past events in the present is called -----

25. The place an event happened and the time/ period it happened is known as ------

26. The figure of speech used when the qualities of an animate object is given to an inanimate object is called ------

27. A play that ended happily is called ------

28. Drama is said not to be complete until it is acted on the -------

29. An element of novel which discusses the behavior of characters in a story is known as ------

30. The figure of speech that compares two unlike things with the use of ' like ' or 'as' is ------

THEORY

Answer only THREE questions in this part

1(a). What is myth?

(b). List two characteristics of myth.

(c). Give four examples of Nigerian myth.

2(a). Define folktale.

(b). Mention three characteristics of folktale.

(c). List five examples of folktale.

3(a). List the genres of literature.

(b). Explain each of the genres of literature you listed

(c). Mention one prose work you have read.

4. Explain the following terms --- (a). Plot. (b). Setting. (c). character. (d) Theme. (e). dialogue

5. Give example of an expression in which the following figures of speech are used. ---- (a) personification (b) simile. (c). metaphor. (d) hyperbole

Answer only FOUR questions in this part

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