2024 First Term Examination on Reading and Expression Skill JSS 3

Welcome to your 2024 First Term Examination on Reading and Expression Skill JSS 3

OBJECTIVES

1. A story that narrates the heroic deeds of a hero is called ------

2. A type of play performed without using words is known as ------

3. A type of poem that mourns the death of a person is called ------

4. ------- is an example of oral literature

5. Example of a written literature is ---------

6. A figure of speech in which a character addresses someone or something that is not present as though they are present is ------

7. A group of actors in a play is called ------

8. A poem which praises a person or a thing is ------

9. All are elements of a novel EXCEPT

10. ' Tick tack, tick tack ' goes the clock is an example of -----

11. A collection of poems by different poets in one book is called ------

12. If a writer writes the story of his own life, it is called ------

13. Fable can be described as a story about -------

14. Pick the odd term from the list.

15. Two types of prose are ----

16. The main effect of comedy on the audience is ----

17. An untrue story is otherwise called -----

18. The enemy of a hero in a story is -----

19. The sound effect in the following lines, ' The filthy feet of facial files fouls food is -----

20. The literary term used to describe the time and the place where events takes place is -----

SUBJECTIVES

21. A speech given at the end of a novel or play is called ------

22. The speech given before a play begins is called ------

23. A character who invokes laughter through his words and actions for the purpose of entertainment is called ------

24. A hero whose weakness leads to his downfall is known as a ------

25. The weakness that led to the hero's downfall is called ------

26. The figure of speech used in the expression, ' Death lays it's icy hands on kings ' is ------

27. A type of poem that praises a person or something is known as ------

28. A poem of eight lines is called ------

29. The effective choice and control of words by an author is called ------

30. The transfer of human qualities to an inanimate object in literature is known as -----

THEORY ( Answer only THREE questions from this part. )

1(a). What is poetry?

(b). List four types of poems you know.

(c). Define each of the type of poems you have listed.

2(a). What is literature?

(b). Mention two types of literature.

(c). Give example of each type.

3(a). What is folktale?

(b). List six African folktale.

(c). State two non- African folktale.

4. Explain the meaning of the idioms/ proverbs below .

(a). To shed crocodile tears.

(b). To dig one's grave.

(c). To know one's onions.

(d). Better late than never.

(e). A bad workman always blames his tools.

5. Explain each of the following literary terms. (a). Setting (b). Plot. (c). Character. (d). Theme. (e). Characterization

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