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ILT521S - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 1B - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2025 |
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nAm I BI A u n IVE RS ITV
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 5
COURSE CODE: ILT521S (1B)
COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 1B
SESSION:
NOV 2025
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Dr E. =t=Gawas
Mr F. Salomo
MODERATOR: Dr A. Nghikembua
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer three (3) questions only.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Indicate whether you are a FM, PM or DI student on the cover of your
answer booklet.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. Examination paper
2. Examination script
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF_4_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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SECTION A
Answer ALL the questions in this section.
Question 1
[30]
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:
[CONTENT- 20: LANGUAGE - 10]
An African Thunderstorm by David Rubadiri
From the west
Clouds come hurrying with the wind
Turning sharply
Here and there
Like a plague of locusts
Whirling,
Tossing up things on its tail
Like a madman chasing nothing.
Pregnant clouds
Ride stately on its back,
Gathering to perch on hills
Like sinister dark wings;
The wind whistles by
And trees bend to let it pass.
In the village
Screams of delighted children,
Toss and turn
In the din of the whirling wind,
Women,
Babies clinging on their backs
Dart about
In and out
Madly;
The wind whistles by
Whilst trees bend to let it pass.
Clothes wave like tattered flags
Flying off
To expose dangling breasts
As jagged blinding flashes
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Rumble, tremble and crack
Amidst the smell of fired smoke
And the pelting march of the storm .
1. Quote one example of each of the following literary devices from the poem and explain
your answer. Note: 1 mark for the quote and 1 mark for the explanation.
[30]
1.1 Personification
(2)
1.2 Setting in time and place
(4)
1.3 Imagery:
(2)
1.4 Symbolism:
(2)
1.5 Simile
(2)
1.6 Metaphor
(2)
1.7 Repeated phrase
(2)
1.8 Alliteration
(2)
1.9 Hyperbole
(2)
LANGUAGE (10 marks)
10 (No language errors e.g. grammar, spelling)
6-9 (Minor language errors e.g. grammar, spelling)
3-5 (Major language errors e.g. grammar, spelling)
1-2 (Very poor language)
Question 2
[35]
There are notable similarities between Bessie Head, the author of When Rain Clouds Gather, and
Makhaya, the novel's protagonist. Both share complex personal histories marked by
displacement, searching for identity, and a quest for belonging within a larger socio-political
context.
Write a well-structured essay of 350-400 words in which you discuss these notable similarities
between Bessie and Makhaya. Motivate your discussion with references to the story.
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SECTION B
Answer ONE question from this section.
Question 1
[35)
Write a well-structured essay of 350-400 words in which you discuss any three symbols in Edgar
Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. Motivate your discussion with references to the story.
OR
Question 2
[35)
The parallels between Orwell and the officer in Shooting an Elephant are striking, revealing
shared resentment, performance and guilt.
Write a well-structured essay of 350-400 words with reference to Shooting an Elephant in which
you discuss the resentment, performance and guilt experienced by both Orwell and the police
officer. Motivate your discussion with references to the story.
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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