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ANNE MARIE, SUNSHINE AND BRILLIANT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

JOINT TERMINAL EXAMINATION

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

FORM THREE

TIME: 3HRS MAY, 2023

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with eleven (11) questions

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and only two (2) questions in section C.

3. Section A carries 16 marks, section B carries 54 marks and section C carries 30 marks

4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet (s).

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SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i – x), choose the most correct answer from among the given alternatives
and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) This refers to a story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone
of heroic accomplishments and it has some basic in historical fact.
A. Epic
B. Legend
C. Folk tale
D. Myth
E. Narrative
(ii) “One of the Bongo super star’s mouths had the rich stench of rotten blood”, this is an
example of....
A. Visual image (image of sight).
B. Thermal image (image of heat).
C. Olfactory image (image of smell)
D. Audio image(image of sound)
E. Tactile image (image of touch)
(iii) Halima was asked to state the number of people who attended the National festival at
Diva’s social hall in Dodoma last week. She said, “Only one hundred heads attended the
festival”. What did she use in her expression?
A. Symbolism
B. Personification
C. Litotes
D. Allusion.
E. Synecdoche
(iv) Ms. Josephine wrote the following about her president, “my president was a very good
teacher before her current job “she told us on how hypocrites and hatters may risk their
National development” what kind of writing is that?
A. Autobiography
B. Bibliography.
C. Biography
D. Creative
E. Epilogue.
(v) A list of all the characters in the script of a play, usually in order of appearance which may
include a brief description of each character.
A. A list of characters
B. Audience
C. A cast of characters
D. Characterization.
E. Character analysis.
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(vi) Mr. Chrispine was speaking in one of his conversation, “what has Simba and Yanga
brought us? Where is the pride? Where is development for Tanzanians?” These questions
are examples of...............
A. Questionnaire.
B. Question tag.
C. Rhetorical questions.
D. Rhetorical figures.
E. Figure of speech.
(vii) The less important characters in a literary work that help to carry out the action of the
story and help the readers to learn more about the main character but he story is not
centered on them
A. Useless character
B. Static character.
C. Protagonists.
D. Minor characters
E. Imaginary characters.
(viii) What do you call a painted backdrop or background that is used to represent natural
features or building on a theatre stage to create the setting for a play?
A. Scene
B. Scenery.
C. Imagery
D. Symbolism
E. Pictures.
(ix) A character called Masumbuko is fired from his job. Because of his anger he refers to the
foreman who fired him as “white son of a bitch” and promises to revenge by saying, “that
sonavabitch, that bloody white sonavabitch, I will get him”. What is this kind of
language called?
A. Euphemism
B. Vulgarism.
C. Barbarism.
D. Borrowing.
E. Codeswitching.
(x) Mr. Mpenda-madaraka is not suitable in his decisions. His friends usually call him a
chameleon. Which figure of speech do they employ?
A. Personification.
B. Simile.
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor.
E. Euphemism.

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2. Match the descriptions on the introduction of literature in LIST A with their corresponding meaning
in LIST B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer booklet(s)
provided
LIST A LIST B
(i) Legend A. A short narrative handed down through oral tradition.
(ii) Fables B. A short interesting or amusing story about a real person or
(iii) Anecdote event.
C. Stories that originated to in ancient times especially one
(iv) Riddles
dealing with ideas or beliefs about the early history.
(v) Folk tale D. A story handed down from the past especially the one that
(vi) Myths. may not be true.
E. A short story not based on based on fact, often with animals
as characters that convey a moral message.
F. Puzzling questions, statements or descriptions, especially
ones intended to test the cleverness of someone.
G. Long narrative poems in an elevated style presenting
characters of high position in an adventures forming an
organic whole through their relation to central heroic figure
and their development of episodes important to the history
of a Nation or race.

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.
3. Which literary term is represented by each of the following expressions? Provide one point and
reason for your answer.
(i) The mountains cried, the valley wept and the hills wailed all mourning the defeat of Simba
at Mohamed V Stadium in Morocco.
(ii) The daughter of a millionaire is expelled from school for lack of school fees of 10,000/=
(iii) I am going to have a short call instead of I’m going to the toilet
(iv) When Deborah was punished, her mother was heard saying “who am I”?
(v) Dr. Tumbotumbo who is specialized in treating cholera died of it.
(vi) Yesterday, Rebecca ate sixty plates of rice in ten seconds
4. Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow;
An Abandoned Bundle
The morning mist
and chimney smoke
of White City Jabavu
flowed thick yellow
as pus oozing
from a gigantic sore.

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It smothered our little houses
like fish caught in a net
Scavenging dogs
draped in red bananas of blood
fought fiercely
for a squirming bundle
I threw a brick;
they bared fangs
flicked velvet tongue of scarlet
and scurried away,
leaving a mutilated corpse-
an infant dumped on a rubbish heap-
‘Oh! Baby in the Manger
sleep well
on human dung.’
Its mother
had melted into the rays of the rising sun,
her face glittering with innocence
her heart pure as untrampled dew.
Questions
(a) Briefly comment on the title of this poem.
(b) What type of poem is this? Give reason(s)
(c) Comment on language use in this poem
(d) What is the tone of the poem?
(e) Mention and briefly comment on the two possible themes in this poem.
(f) Briefly comment on the relevance of this poem to your society today.

5. Differentiate the following terms as used in literature.

(a) Myths and fables
(b) Juxtaposition and oxymoron
(c) Dirge and elegy
(d) Novel and novella
(e) Ellipsis and allusion
(f) Bibliography and autobiography
6. Briefly provide the correct answer for each of the following items (a –f)
(a) Show the relationship between language and literature.
(b) Show the relationship between title and message.
(c) Show how the acts and scenes relate to each other.
(d) What does it mean by the expression “a narrator is an engine of narration”?
(e) What should follow when the conflict reaches at climax? Briefly explain.
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(f) What does it mean by “language economy in poetry?

7. Using your own life experience, show how literature and language cannot be separated. Provide
six points
8. With six reasons explain why literature should be taught as a subject to all secondary school
students.

SECTION C (30Marks)
Answer two (2) questions from this section.
LIST OF READINGS
PLAYS
The Lion and the Jewel - Wole Soyinka
The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
The Dilemma of a Ghost - Anna Ata Aidoo
The Government Inspector - Gogol, N

NOVELS
The concubine - Eliachi Amadi
House boy - Ferdinand Oyono
The Old man and the medal - Ferdinand Oyono
A Walk in the night and other stories - Guma, A
POETRY
Selected poems - Tanzania Institute of Education
Growing up with poetry - David Rubadili
9. Writing literature in a local language is the only way to make sure that it reaches every individual
in the society. Use six points to argue for or against this statement.

10. Plays are useful if they are acted on stage before the audience but they are not suitable when
they are read silently or privately. Use two readings to discuss the statement. provide six points

11. What do you understand by the term “techniques” in a work of art? Explain six techniques
which can be used in a literary work.

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