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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 38Dramatic techniques · 44Figures of speech · 44General literary terms · 40Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34Poetry: types and forms · 30Point of view and narrative techniques · 27Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29Prose: types of fiction · 26Set poems: African poetry · 10Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

  1. Question 181· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. Harmattan Morning (an AdmitMe poem) The dust walks in before the sun, a grey shawl over Kano's roofs; the neem trees cough, the camels run in silence on their padded hoofs. My mother wraps the fire in ash and coaxes it with patient breath, while outside, sharp as any lash, the cold wind whispers news of death. But noon will crack the shawl apart, and light will pour like honey down; the drum of day will find its heart and wake the sleeping, dusty town.

    'light will pour like honey down' contains a

    Explanation and discussion

  2. Question 182· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem and answer the question. The Harmattan Teacher He comes each year without a bell, this dusty teacher from the north; he cracks our lips to make us tell how little all our lotions are worth. He paints the mango leaves in grey, he hides the sun behind a veil, and mothers wrap their babies' clay- soft shoulders in a woollen shawl. But when he leaves in early March, the sky returns, washed clean and wide, and every tree beneath its arch puts on new leaves, like a bride. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    The mood of the last stanza is one of

    Explanation and discussion

  3. Question 183· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. The Lagoon Fisherman (an AdmitMe poem) Before the cockerel clears its throat, Baba is pushing out his boat; the paddle dips, the water sighs, and mist lies heavy on his eyes. He casts his net, a widening moon, and sings a slow, unhurried tune; the fish, those silver whispers, run to meet the coming of the sun. His back is bent, his hands are old, his bones remember every cold; yet still each dawn he takes the oar: the sea is all he's living for.

    The tone of the last stanza of the poem is one of

    Explanation and discussion

  4. Question 184· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. The Lagoon Fisherman (an AdmitMe poem) Before the cockerel clears its throat, Baba is pushing out his boat; the paddle dips, the water sighs, and mist lies heavy on his eyes. He casts his net, a widening moon, and sings a slow, unhurried tune; the fish, those silver whispers, run to meet the coming of the sun. His back is bent, his hands are old, his bones remember every cold; yet still each dawn he takes the oar: the sea is all he's living for.

    The description of the net as 'a widening moon' is

    Explanation and discussion

  5. Question 185· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem and answer the question. Market Morning The market wakes before the sun, a thousand voices braided into one; tomatoes blush in pyramids of red, and yams lie sleeping in their dusty bed. A child counts change with careful thumbs, the drummer's echo, then the trader comes, and all the noise, the haggling and the cries, are how a city learns to harmonise. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    The overall tone of the poem is

    Explanation and discussion

  6. Question 186· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. Harmattan Morning (an AdmitMe poem) The dust walks in before the sun, a grey shawl over Kano's roofs; the neem trees cough, the camels run in silence on their padded hoofs. My mother wraps the fire in ash and coaxes it with patient breath, while outside, sharp as any lash, the cold wind whispers news of death. But noon will crack the shawl apart, and light will pour like honey down; the drum of day will find its heart and wake the sleeping, dusty town.

    The rhyme scheme of each stanza of the poem is

    Explanation and discussion

  7. Question 187· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. Harmattan Morning (an AdmitMe poem) The dust walks in before the sun, a grey shawl over Kano's roofs; the neem trees cough, the camels run in silence on their padded hoofs. My mother wraps the fire in ash and coaxes it with patient breath, while outside, sharp as any lash, the cold wind whispers news of death. But noon will crack the shawl apart, and light will pour like honey down; the drum of day will find its heart and wake the sleeping, dusty town.

    'the neem trees cough' is an example of

    Explanation and discussion

  8. Question 188· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    The Harmattan Teacher Each dry December, dust comes calling, a grey shawl over Kano's walls; it cracks the lips of the bold and the small, and teaches the trees how to wait. We cough, we curse, we cover our faces, yet the farmer reads its patient lesson: what the wind steals, the rain repays, and every bare branch keeps a promise of green. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    'teaches the trees how to wait' is an example of

    Explanation and discussion

  9. Question 189· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem and answer the question. Market Morning The market wakes before the sun, a thousand voices braided into one; tomatoes blush in pyramids of red, and yams lie sleeping in their dusty bed. A child counts change with careful thumbs, the drummer's echo, then the trader comes, and all the noise, the haggling and the cries, are how a city learns to harmonise. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    'tomatoes blush' is an example of

    Explanation and discussion

  10. Question 190· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    The Harmattan Teacher Each dry December, dust comes calling, a grey shawl over Kano's walls; it cracks the lips of the bold and the small, and teaches the trees how to wait. We cough, we curse, we cover our faces, yet the farmer reads its patient lesson: what the wind steals, the rain repays, and every bare branch keeps a promise of green. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    The mood of the last two lines is

    Explanation and discussion

  11. Question 191· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. Harmattan Morning (an AdmitMe poem) The dust walks in before the sun, a grey shawl over Kano's roofs; the neem trees cough, the camels run in silence on their padded hoofs. My mother wraps the fire in ash and coaxes it with patient breath, while outside, sharp as any lash, the cold wind whispers news of death. But noon will crack the shawl apart, and light will pour like honey down; the drum of day will find its heart and wake the sleeping, dusty town.

    'a grey shawl over Kano's roofs' refers to the

    Explanation and discussion

  12. Question 192· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. The Lagoon Fisherman (an AdmitMe poem) Before the cockerel clears its throat, Baba is pushing out his boat; the paddle dips, the water sighs, and mist lies heavy on his eyes. He casts his net, a widening moon, and sings a slow, unhurried tune; the fish, those silver whispers, run to meet the coming of the sun. His back is bent, his hands are old, his bones remember every cold; yet still each dawn he takes the oar: the sea is all he's living for.

    In the poem, 'those silver whispers' refers to the

    Explanation and discussion

  13. Question 193· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem and answer the question. The Harmattan Teacher He comes each year without a bell, this dusty teacher from the north; he cracks our lips to make us tell how little all our lotions are worth. He paints the mango leaves in grey, he hides the sun behind a veil, and mothers wrap their babies' clay- soft shoulders in a woollen shawl. But when he leaves in early March, the sky returns, washed clean and wide, and every tree beneath its arch puts on new leaves, like a bride. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    In 'The Harmattan Teacher', the harmattan is presented through

    Explanation and discussion

  14. Question 194· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem and answer the question. The Harmattan Teacher He comes each year without a bell, this dusty teacher from the north; he cracks our lips to make us tell how little all our lotions are worth. He paints the mango leaves in grey, he hides the sun behind a veil, and mothers wrap their babies' clay- soft shoulders in a woollen shawl. But when he leaves in early March, the sky returns, washed clean and wide, and every tree beneath its arch puts on new leaves, like a bride. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

    The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

    Explanation and discussion

  15. Question 195· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· JAMB

    Read the poem below and answer the question. The Lagoon Fisherman (an AdmitMe poem) Before the cockerel clears its throat, Baba is pushing out his boat; the paddle dips, the water sighs, and mist lies heavy on his eyes. He casts his net, a widening moon, and sings a slow, unhurried tune; the fish, those silver whispers, run to meet the coming of the sun. His back is bent, his hands are old, his bones remember every cold; yet still each dawn he takes the oar: the sea is all he's living for.

    Each stanza of 'The Lagoon Fisherman' rhymes

    Explanation and discussion

  16. Question 196· Literary appreciation: unseen prose· JAMB

    Read the passage and answer the question. Obinna had promised himself that he would not look back at the bus park. Yet as the bus pulled away from Ninth Mile, groaning like an old man climbing stairs, he turned and saw his mother still standing by the roadside, her wrapper flapping in the dust. He had always thought leaving would feel like flying. Instead it felt like a rope being slowly pulled from his hands, inch by inch, until only the burn remained. (An original passage written for AdmitMe practice.)

    Obinna's turning to look back shows that

    Explanation and discussion

  17. Question 197· Literary appreciation: unseen prose· JAMB

    Read the passage below and answer the question. Mama Ngozi's shop stood at the corner of Ugbene Street like an old soldier who had refused to retire. Its zinc roof had rusted to the colour of kola nuts, and its door, which had not closed properly since the flood two rainy seasons ago, was held shut at night by a stone and a prayer. Yet every morning the children came, coins warm in their palms, to buy groundnuts and chin-chin, and every morning Mama Ngozi greeted each of them by name, as though each one were the first customer she had ever had. 'Business is not money,' she told her son Emeka, who had come home from Lagos with a phone that never stopped ringing and plans that never stopped growing. 'Business is people.' Emeka laughed and said she was living in the past. She only smiled and wiped the counter again.

    Mama Ngozi's words 'Business is people' show that she values

    Explanation and discussion

  18. Question 198· Literary appreciation: unseen prose· JAMB

    Read the passage and answer the question. Obinna had promised himself that he would not look back at the bus park. Yet as the bus pulled away from Ninth Mile, groaning like an old man climbing stairs, he turned and saw his mother still standing by the roadside, her wrapper flapping in the dust. He had always thought leaving would feel like flying. Instead it felt like a rope being slowly pulled from his hands, inch by inch, until only the burn remained. (An original passage written for AdmitMe practice.)

    'groaning like an old man climbing stairs' is

    Explanation and discussion

  19. Question 199· Literary appreciation: unseen prose· JAMB

    Read the passage and answer the question. Obinna had promised himself that he would not look back at the bus park. Yet as the bus pulled away from Ninth Mile, groaning like an old man climbing stairs, he turned and saw his mother still standing by the roadside, her wrapper flapping in the dust. He had always thought leaving would feel like flying. Instead it felt like a rope being slowly pulled from his hands, inch by inch, until only the burn remained. (An original passage written for AdmitMe practice.)

    The passage is mainly about

    Explanation and discussion

  20. Question 200· Literary appreciation: unseen prose· JAMB

    Read the passage below and answer the question. When the bus finally coughed into Ore junction, Tunde had already decided that he would not cry. The hawkers surged forward, waving trays of roasted plantain and bottles of water above their heads like flags, and their voices rose into one long, cheerful quarrel. He pressed his forehead against the dusty window. Somewhere behind him, in a village whose name the city boys would laugh at, his grandmother was probably sweeping the compound, humming the song she always hummed when she was pretending not to be sad. 'You will come back a big man,' she had said, folding his two shirts as carefully as if they were made of gold. Tunde had nodded, because grown-ups like nodding. Now, watching a little girl his age balance a basin of oranges on her head, he wondered who had folded her shirts that morning.

    The passage is narrated from the point of view of a

    Explanation and discussion

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