BECE Cockcrow Literatures Questions for BEC Candidates
This content comes with cockcrow literature questions for candidates writing the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination.
Questions are selected from relevant topics in the cockcrow literature book used by Junior High Schools across the country.
Find the questions below and solve.
A. SACKEY J.K AND DARMANI L. (COMP):The cockcrow literature questions
V. B. AAKYE : The Colour of God
15 And damask and aquamarine
If you doubt me ……………
a. Complete line 16 of the above poem.
LADE WORSUNU: Desert Rivers
5 And winds that dry
Roofed not by sky
b. What sound device can be identified in lines 5 and 6?
c. From the above extract, what literary device is dominant?
LAWRENCE DARMANI: Scribbler’s Dream
When upon the shelf you gaze
5 vacuum stares at you
There is your quill and parchment
But heavy are your hands
Why?
d. ‘quill and parchment’ as used by the poet refers to ……………………
e. Line 5 reveals that vacuum stares at the persona. What does it mean?
PETER PAUL ADOLINAMA: Ripples
It was ironic that while the bride was unhappy, she was the envy of all the young women in town. [Pg. 81]
f. Who is referred to as “bride” in the above extract?
g. The above extract depicts the theme of …………………..?
h. What literary device is in the above extract?
JEAN WASTON: The Old Man And His Children
As the boys watched, their father tied these firmly together. Then he handed the bundle to his oldest son and said “Try and break that.” [Pg. 18]
i. How many sticks were tied to make the bundle?
j. Why could he not break it?
B. SACKEY J. A and DARMANI L. (COMP): The cockcrow literature Questions
The following questions are based on the selected texts from The Cockcrow which are prescribed collection for your study. Read the questions carefully and provide short answers to them.
Read the following extract and answer questions (a) to (c)
“Ah, ah, you know, Kaya, I thank my God that your very first child is a female. But Kaya, I am not sure about her legs. Hm… hm….” “As I keep saying, if any woman decides to come into this world with all of her two legs, then she should select legs that have meat on them: with good calves. This is because you are sure such legs would support solid hips to be able to have children.”
a) What is the title of the short story and the name of the author of the extract above?
b) Who made the comments in the above extract and to whom?
c) What is the dominant theme of this story?
Read the following extract and answer questions (d) to (f)
And winds that dry. Roofed not by sky But rocks that do not always hold These run their unwitnessed course To their unwitnessed end. Without a sound They gush into bowels of seas……….
d) What is the structure/style of the poem ‘Desert Rivers’?
e) What two literary devices were used in “These run their unwitnessed course to their unwitnessed end. Without a sound they gush into bowels of seas?”
f) What is the author’s name?
OLIVER TWIST – BY CHARLES DICKEN
g) Where was Oliver Twist born? ……………….
h) How did Oliver’s mother die? ………………..
i) The expression ‘far from filling’ is an example of ……………………….
j) Who got married to Mr Bumble?
C. GENERATL LITERATURE QUESTIONS FOR BECE
Answer the questions below in clear and concise expressions
a) Define the term “setting.”
b) What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view in literature?
c) Briefly explain the term symbolism in literature
d) Define the term “foreshadowing”
e) What is the purpose of dialogue in literature?
f) Differentiate between a protagonist and an antagonist in a story.
g) Identify and define two types of conflict commonly found in literature.
h) Explain the importance of the resolution in a narrative.
i) The two major genres of literature are………………….
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