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Syllabus 4 jamb
1. Drama
a.types(tragedy, comedy, tragi comedy, melo drama, farce)
b.dramatic techniques
c.interpretatn of d prescribed texts
2. PROSE
a. Types
b. Narrative techniques
c. Textual analyse
3. POETRY
a. Types
b. Poetic devices
c. Appreciation
4.GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES
a. Literary terms
5. LITERARY APPRECIATION

Selected african and non african plays..

DRAMA
JC DE CRAFT: sons and daughters
William shakespeare: romeo and juliet

PROSE
Buchi emecheta: The Joy of motherhoood
Ferdinand Oyono: The old man and the medal
George orwell: Nineteen Eighty Four

POETRY
African
Adeoti Gbemisola: Naked soles
D. Rubadiri: An african thunder storm
Kobena Eyi Acquah: In d navel of the soul
Mazisi Kunene: Heritage of liberation
Okinba Launko: End of the war
Traditional: Give me the minstrels seat
NON AFRICAN
Andrew mabel: To His coy mistress
D.H. Lawrence: Bat
T.S Elliot: The journey of the magi
Wendy Cope: Sonnet

GIVE ME THE MINSTREL'S SEAT- TRADITIONAL POEM

Give me the minstrel's seat that i may sit and ask you a word, my friends.
Let me ask for what reason or rhyme women refuse to marry?
Woman cannot exist except by man, what is there in that to vex some of them so?
A woman is she who has a husband and she cannot but prosper.
Cleave unto your man and his kinsmen will become jealous
His kinsmen have planted cocoyams but d fruit they reap is dum-palm nuts!
We think you plant the borassus palm, the teak, the mnga and the solanum tree,
When man goes on the road he goes with a friend, for he who walks alone has no good fortune.
As man goes through life soon he is pierced by the thorn,
Or the sand-mote enters his eyes and he needs a friend to remove it.
Likewise I give u advice, the rich man and the poor man.
Joim hands accross the shroud.
Better a loin-cloth witout disgrace than d fine-flowered shawl of shame.

Question on GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT
1.woman cannot exist except by man, what is there in that to vex some of them so? (the statement above from the peom GIVE ME THE MINSTRELS SEAT EXEMPLIIFIES
A. Litotes
B. Rhetorical question
C. Tranferred ephithet
D. Synecdoche

2. The theme of the peom "GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT CENTRES on
A. Divorce
B. Fortune
C. Marriage
D. Companionship

3.acordin to Give me the Minstrels Seat, a woman is
a. A necessary evil
b. Only fulfilled when married
c. Naturally jealous
d. A harbinger of good luck

4. The persona in d poem Give me the minstrels seat discourages
a. Togetherness
b. Hatred
c. Isolation
d. Poverty

5. Give me the minstrels seat ends on a clarion call for
a. Freedom
b. Peace
c. Rectitude
d. Commitment

Fynestboi: Question on GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT
1.woman cannot exist except by man, what is there in that to vex some of them so? (the statement above from the peom GIVE ME THE MINSTRELS SEAT EXEMPLIIFIES
A. Litotes
B. Rhetorical question
C. Tranferred ephithet
D. Synecdoche

2. The theme of the peom "GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT CENTRES on
A. Divorce
B. Fortune
C. Marriage
D. Companionship

3.acordin to Give me the Minstrels Seat, a woman is
a. A necessary evil
b. Only fulfilled when married
c. Naturally jealous
d. A harbinger of good luck

4. The persona in d poem Give me the minstrels seat discourages
a. Togetherness
b. Hatred
c. Isolation
d. Poverty

5. Give me the minstrels seat ends on a clarion call for
a. Freedom
b. Peace
c. Rectitude
d. Commitment

ans..1.b.2.d.3.b4.c.5.d

lilchris:
ans..1.b.2.d.3.b4.c.5.d

nice one

What about sonet? I think it is too technical because Jamb doesn't specify. I need more especially ur perception about arriving at d right answer when dealing with unseen prose and drama. Keep d ball rolling

Fynestboi: Question on GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT
1.woman cannot exist except by man, what is there in that to vex some of them so? (the statement above from the peom GIVE ME THE MINSTRELS SEAT EXEMPLIIFIES
A. Litotes
B. Rhetorical question
C. Tranferred ephithet
D. Synecdoche

2. The theme of the peom "GIVE ME THE MINSTREL SEAT CENTRES on
A. Divorce
B. Fortune
C. Marriage
D. Companionship

3.acordin to Give me the Minstrels Seat, a woman is
a. A necessary evil
b. Only fulfilled when married
c. Naturally jealous
d. A harbinger of good luck

4. The persona in d poem Give me the minstrels seat discourages
a. Togetherness
b. Hatred
c. Isolation
d. Poverty

5. Give me the minstrels seat ends on a clarion call for
a. Freedom
b. Peace
c. Rectitude
d. Commitment

@fynestboi, are you quoting those poems from the combined syllabus? If Yes, what's the name, and who is author? I need the combined one

Al-hasan:
i need more especially ur perception about arriving at d right answer when dealing with unseen prose and drama. Keep d ball rolling

Just learn the literary terms first, then you'll understand it better

saleemema: @fynestboi, are you quoting those poems from the combined syllabus? If Yes, what's the name, and who is author? I need the combined one

that's the full poem right there.@fynestboi and others,i would really love 4 dis thread 2 b more interesting and educative..so guys,bring more suggestions.

saleemema: @fynestboi, are you quoting those poems from the combined syllabus? If Yes, what's the name, and who is author? I need the combined one

yap mastering literature

lilchris:
that's the full poem right there.@fynestboi and others,i would really love 4 dis thread 2 b more interesting and educative..so guys,bring more suggestions.

a persn or two can do dat we nid ur own view to and questn hereand there to make it lively.

Al-hasan:
What about sonet? I think it is too technical because Jamb doesn't specify. I need more especially ur perception about arriving at d right answer when dealing with unseen prose and drama. Keep d ball rolling

if i may put it to u, dat part is d simplest part in jamb, wat u nid to do his get urself familiar wit d literary appreciatn, narative techniqes.etc and wen u re farmiliar wit dat the questn bcomes as easy as ABC.. Then afta dat wen u c any questn based on sonnet just relax ur nerves and apply ur own point of view in line wit wat u ve read. Sikena

Let try dis

And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis
it quenches the thirst of travellers
the myriad paces of the mind fold their wings
for here too, growth emerges from sleep;
from a begining that was the end of an era

from the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being
a. Illogical
b. Tautological
c. Paradoxical
d. Antithetical
Note: b4 u can ansa dis questn u must be able to give d meaning of each option then u apply each of them to d excerpt then ur ansa is at ur finger..

Fynestboi: yap mastering literature

what volume?

saleemema: what volume?

2012 3rd edition i thnk

Wow..nice job u are doing @fynestboi. Tnks a lot

Is it d one authored by Lawyer chinweikpe Iwuchukwu ESQ.?

Al-hasan:
Is it d one authored by Lawyer chinweikpe Iwuchukwu ESQ.?

yap

Trendytessy: Wow..nice job u are doing @fynestboi. Tnks a lot

uwlcm ur contributn is highly needed also.

A poem that tells a story is called what 2.what is ballad 3.what is pastoral elegy 3.what is panegyric poem 4 what is dramatis personae 5 what is a round character 5 what year was romeo and juliet first printed in a book 6 what is projection 7 what is motif 8.what is donouncement 9 what is aside 10 what is soliloquy. Answer these let me see if you are ready for jamb

Will all the list of poetry,prose nd drama listed above be in the exam?

Trendytessy: Will all the list of poetry,prose nd drama listed above be in the exam?

yap try and get past questn, to get d insight of how its dne

Soliloguy is wen a character in a play gets to tak to himself/herself

round character re character dat change wit time and diff experience thruout d novel hence their bad and gud traits re presented

ballad means a personal peom meant to be sung

denoucement is a point in a story/drama wen d outcme of the plots is knwn.

The POTTER'S WHEEL:

Fynestboi: The POTTER'S WHEEL:

What do you have to do with that? It's not useful for UTME English

saleemema: What do you have to do with that? It's not useful for UTME English

guy it s useful, coz jamb didnt set any questn 4rm it last yr, so many applicant count it useless, bt i tell u they promise to set questn(15) 4rm it dis year..

that's good buh is that guarantee passing in naija now

Pick d ryt ansa
When I saw him, I
a. could not help but laugh
b. could not help laughing
c. could not help but laughing
d. could not but laughing

4rm d excerpt above d answer is Antithesis

Complete the following sentence
I wished I
a. have a car
b. had a car
c. have had a car
d. had had a car