GCE Literature in English 2021
Past Questions

When an author gives hints or clues early in a narrative about events that will occur later, the technique is known as

In drama, a speech delivered by a character that is heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called

In prose fiction, the term 'omniscient narrator' refers to a narrator who

Read the following passage: 'The market was a living thing — it breathed, it sweated, it quarrelled, it laughed.' The dominant literary device used in this sentence is

In prose analysis, 'verisimilitude' refers to the quality of

The narrative technique in which a story is presented through the writings, letters, or documents of characters rather than through a traditional narrator is known as

In the line 'The market women chattered like a flock of weaver birds,' the poet uses

Which of the following best describes the mood of a poem that contains these lines: 'I have no tears left to weep, / No voice to call, no will to speak'?

In Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel, the character Baroka's eventual triumph over Lakunle is primarily achieved through

In Wole Soyinka's The Interpreters, the character Sekoni is significant chiefly because he

Which of the following themes is MOST central to Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood?

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the commandment that is ultimately reduced to a single phrase by the pigs is

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the green light that Gatsby reaches toward at the end of Daisy's dock most powerfully symbolises

In Gabriel Okara's poem 'Piano and Drums', the drums symbolize

In Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', the repetition of 'Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward' is primarily used to

Which of the following BEST distinguishes a major theme from a minor theme in a literary work?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 'The old man sat at the edge of the compound, his eyes fixed on the distant hills as though searching for something that had…

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 'Kemi had always believed that the city would save her. She had arrived with a single bag and a heart full of borrowed dream…

Read the following extract from a play and answer the questions that follow. OKONKWO: (rising from his seat, his voice trembling) I will not sit here and watch my name dragged through the mud like a …

Ngugi wa Thiong'o's 'Weep Not, Child' explores the devastating impact of colonialism on an African family and community. (a) Briefly describe the role of land in the novel and explain why it is so im…