Read the passage carefully. Then choose the correct answer. The Asian elephant is another type of elephant found in the world, besides the African elephant. They share some similarities. Elephants are social creatures and live in herds. Asian elephants are normally found in countries like India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar. An adult Asian elephant stands at two to three meters…
Insert is, am, or are, has or have, was or were, do or does. 1. The black and red car ______ mine. 2. The black and the red car ______ his. 3. John and James ______ not go to the same school. 4. Neither she nor I ______ to blame for the mistake. 5. ______ Ali ______ a dog like yours ? 6. …
SUMMARY The poem is about a black boy who wishes that he could have regular things in life. Things such as a congratulatory hug, to be educated to the highest level and to travel without harassment. The persona yearns to stop fighting for the basic right to be successful and to rise above societal expectations. LITERARY DEVICES 1. REPETITION: The…
Summary An adult is reminiscing about a traumatic childhood experience. The persona went hunting and shot two birds, plovers. He suffers extreme guilt about this action in adulthood. The poem describes the event, the actions of the bird, how he reacts, and, by the last line, asks the birds to forgive his guilt. LITERARY DEVICES 1.METAPHOR Line 4: The nature…
Wole Soyinka, the author of twenty plays, six novels and six collections of poems, represents Yoruba tradition in his comic play. In the play, The Lion and the Jewel, the conflict between tradition and modernization covers a significant portion of Wole Soyinka’s work. He was the first African writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Morning The play is set in the village of Ilujinle. Note Lakunle’s age. Despite…
