Prescribed Text

Read the excerpt from a prescribed poetic text below:

"O iron gates of time, yield your heavy keys and let the captive years return!"

Which literary device is predominantly employed in the line above?

Read the poetic lines below carefully:

'The market square lies hollowed, stripped of noise,
Where once women traded laughter for salt.
Now only vultures survey the bloated shadows,
And the king’s herald speaks in whispers to the dust.'

What is the dominant mood established in the excerpt?

Match each literary excerpt from the prescribed text on the left with the correct literary device it demonstrates on the right.

In Buchi Emecheta's prescribed novel *Second Class Citizen*, match each character listed on the left with their corresponding structural role or function in the narrative on the right.

Match each of the following literary excerpts with the dominant textual tone, character mood, or scene atmosphere it conveys.

In a prescribed African drama, a young magistrate, Nnamdi, faces intense pressure from his community to dismiss corruption charges against his childhood benefactor. Despite severe social ostracization and threats of banishment from his ancestral homestead, Nnamdi upholds the conviction, asserting that a judicial scale bent by personal gratitude yields only injustice. Which of the following best expresses the central theme demonstrated by Nnamdi's choice?

In Wole Soyinka's drama *Death and the King's Horseman*, match each major character on the left with their corresponding narrative function or structural role on the right.

In the plot progression of a prescribed prose text detailing an urban tenant union's battle against illegal municipal evictions, match each pivotal narrative incident on the left with its corresponding plot consequence on the right.

In a prescribed prose narrative centered on a dispute over ancestral farmland between two prominent families in a farming community, the sudden discovery of a centuries-old land boundary treaty at the district archives alters the trajectory of the conflict. Which narrative event serves as the direct consequence of this discovery?

In John Osborne's drama *Look Back in Anger*, which of the following best describes the primary structural role of Cliff Lewis in relation to the protagonist, Jimmy Porter?

In Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's drama *Harvest of Corruption*, match each character listed on the left with their corresponding structural role or narrative function on the right. Which of the following correctly pairs each character with their role in the play?

In Bayo Adebowale's novel *Lonely Days*, which of the following best describes the primary narrative role of Yaremi in driving the central conflict of the text?

In a prescribed prose narrative set in a riverine fishing village, a young boat builder uncovers proof that the sudden collapse of the communal fish market was secretly engineered by the village head to force local fishermen to sell their ancestral shorelines to a foreign dredging firm. Which key narrative event serves as the turning point that resolves this central conflict?

In a prescribed prose text centered on an environmental crisis within a mining settlement, a young clerk uncovers evidence of corporate contamination in the local water supply. In what chronological sequence do the following major narrative events occur?

In the critical analysis of prescribed African literary texts, key character choices and narrative developments serve as primary vehicles for conveying central themes. Match each character action on the left with its corresponding thematic significance on the right.

In a prescribed African poem, the speaker contrasts a decaying ancestral shrine with a newly constructed, glittering shopping complex, noting that while the townspeople's pockets have grown fuller, their communal soul has grown hollow. What central theme does the poet convey through this contrast?

Read the excerpt below from a prescribed narrative text:

"When the news of the betrayal reached the quiet town, grief danced openly in the streets while joy went into hiding."

Which literary device is primarily demonstrated in this excerpt?

In a prescribed prose text exploring traditional governance and land administration in a growing rural district, several pivotal incidents alter the direction of the community's history. Match each narrative event on the left with its corresponding plot consequence on the right.

Match each character's pivotal action in the prescribed African drama to its corresponding central thematic significance.

In Alex Agyei-Agyiriri's prose *Unexpected Joy at Dawn*, which of the following best describes the primary narrative role of Nii Tackie?