(i)
-Conventional opening formula e.g.
-I am going tell you a story
-Take a story
-Relevant riddling
-Singing a relevant song
(ii)
-Voice/tonal variation
-Mimicry
-Appropriate facial expressions
-Appropriate gestures
(Let students give specific examples e.g. in gestures, demonstrate the pulling of the trees. A commanding voice from the king and the leader of the monkeys)
(Any two well illustrated point.
(iii)
-Eye contact
-Nodding
-Appropriate facial expression
-Upright/forward leaning sitting posture
-Responding at the end of the story
(b) (i)Rapport
(ii) Rendezvous
(iii) Poignat
(c) Before
-Failed to do some research about the company/firm that invited him
-Failed to rehearse
-Failed to keep time
-Grooming
-Failed to carry the required documents
(c) Before
-Failed to do some research about the company/firm that invited him
-Failed to rehearse
-Failed to keep time
-Grooming
-Failed to carry the required documents
During
-Failed to treat all interviewers with respect
- Failed to be confident
-Failed to take time to understand questions
- Failed to be honest
marto answered the question on August 6, 2019 at 06:43
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS: INDIANTALE
WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in the daytime? For the same reason that the Owls try to kill the Crows while they sleep at night
Listen to a tale of long ago and then you will see why.
Once upon a time, the people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man for their king. The four-footed animals also took one of their numbers for their king. The fish in the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then the birds gathered together on a great flat rock, crying:
"Among men there is a king, and among the beasts, and the fish have one, too; but we bird have none. We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now."
And so the birds talked the matter over and at last they all said, "Let us have the Owl for our king."
No, not all, for one old Crow rose up and said, "For my part, I don't want the Owl to be our king. Look at him now while you are all crying that you want him for your king. See how sour he looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!"
Then the Crow flew up into the air crying, "I don't like it! I don't like it!" The Owl rose and followed him. From that time on the Crows and the Owls have been enemies. The birds chose a Turtle Dove to be their king, and then flew to their homes.
i) You have been asked to narrate the above story to a group of young people. What four things would you do to attract their attention?
ii) If you were narrating the above story to young children, how do you ensure you sustain their attention for the entire course of the narration?
iii) How would you say the line “I don't like it! I don't like it!"?
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August 6, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
SINGER: So many words are said, so many left unsaid.
The soldier has come Where he comes from, he does not say.
Hear what he thought and did not say:
“The battle began, gray at dawn, grew bloody at noon.
The first man fell in front of me, the second behind me, the third at my side.
I trod on the first, left the second behind, the third was run through by the captain.
One of my brothers died by steel, the other by smoke.
My neck caught fire, my hands froze in my gloves, my toes in my socks.
I fed on aspen buds, I drank maple juice, I slept on stone, in water.”
SIMON: I see a cap in the grass. Is there a little one already?
GRUSHA: There is, Simon. There’s no keeping that from you. But please don’t worry, it is not mine.
SIMON: When the wind once starts to blow, they say, it blows through every cranny. The wife need
to say no more. (GRUSHA looks into her lap and is silent)
SINGER: There was yearning but her was not waiting.
The oath is broken. Neither could you why.
Hear what she thought but did not say:
“While you fought in the battle, soldier,
The bloody battle, the bitter battle
I found a helpless infant
I had not the heart to destroy him
I had to care for a creature that was lost
I had to stoop for breadcrumbs on the floor
I had to break myself for that which was not mine
That which was other people’s
Someone must help!
For the little tree needs water
The lamb loses its way when the shepherd is asleep
And its cry is unheard!'
SIMON: Give me back the cross I gave you. Better still, throw it in the stream. (He turns to go.)
GRUSHA: (getting up) Simon Shashava, don’t go away! He isn’t mine! He isn’t mine! (She hears the
children calling.) What’s the matter, children?
Questions.
1. Place the extract in its immediate context.
2. With illustrations from the extract make notes on experiences during the war expounded in the extract.
3. 'But please don’t worry it is not mine,' Who is it in the statement and explain why Grusha says it is not hers?
4. Explain the mood of the extract.
5. How are Grusha and Simon potrayed in the extract?
6. What is the role of the Singer in this extract?
7. Identify and illustrate one theme from extract.
8. Grusha tells Simon Shashava, “Don’t go away! He isn’t mine! He isn’t mine!” From elsewhere in
the play, quote the instances where she states the opposite.
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June 7, 2019
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Drama
Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the City.
'The outside of one cell may as well be the inside of another.'
Discuss the relevance of the above statement basing...
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Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the City.
'The outside of one cell may as well be the inside of another.'
Discuss the relevance of the above statement basing your answer from Franchis Imbuga’s, Betrayal in the City.
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June 7, 2019
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
Long, long time ago animals and birds spoke just like men do. When God had to stop them speaking, he
made birds sin, like this chrrip! Chrrip……… Lions to roar like this graagh! Graagh! And hyenas to howl like
this huuu! Huuu!
And do you blame God? Listen to what naughty hyena who had gone two days without any meat did. He had
been wondering up and down the hills when he suddenly stopped, nose in the air, one foot raised.
Do I smell, eh…………smell food? He slowly raised his head to the skies as if to say, “Please God, let me
find some food, even one rotting bone will do.”
Slowly, he followed the smell, sniffing hard, stopping now and again, over grinning wider as the smell
became stronger. “Here at last”, He said as he came in sight of a calf that seemed dead, flies buzzing over its
excrement.
“God, no time to waste. Who knows the owner may be around. Oh, no, 3 see it is secured to a tree with a
“Mukwa” I’ll take my time.
Ha, I am tired too, come to think of it. God gave us pretty strong senses of smell, generous old…… man.
Still I do think some people tend to exaggerate, now who was it saying the other day ‘ati’ God is the giver of
everything and that we should be grateful. O.K.
Tell me, did God give this calf? Did you God? I found it myself, smelled my way there, all the way. Nice calf
too, rather thin but it will do. I’ll take the head home and make soup with herbs. I especially like ‘muthathii’,
and I see one over there.
OK. Here we go, where shall I start, this lovely neck? No, I know, I will start with the ‘mukwa’ then I’ll get
on to the soft stuff, the tail, the rump, ‘Mahu’……….'
After chewing up half of the ‘mukwa’ the hyena brushed his teeth with the twig of a ‘muthiga’ a tree of
stimulate his appetite. He stepped on the calf’s tail, stuffed it in his mouth and ‘snap’ it went. The calf which
was only very sick and tired shot up and bolted away in the twinkling of an eye.
The hyena rubbed his eyes, ambled after the disappearing calf and soon fell
down in exhaustion. He looked up again to the heaven, tried to speak but no words came. Hyenas have never
been able to speak ever since…….
(a) Categorise this narrative and give a reason for your classification.
(b) Identify and explain two characteristics of oral narratives evident in this story
(c) Describe two character traits of the hyena as depicted in the narrative.
(d) Identify one economic aspect of the community described in this narrative and give a reason for your
answer.
(e) What moral lesson do we learn from this narrative?
(f) Give a proverb with the same moral lesson as this narrative.
(g) If you are asked to go and collect this story in the field, state:
(i) Three things you would do before the actual field trip.
(ii) Two problems you are likely to encounter
Date posted:
May 28, 2019
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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
AZDAK: Listen! Am accused instigating war? Ridiculous! Am saying ridiculous!
That enough? If not, have brought lawyers. Believe five hundred.
(He points behind him, pretending to be surrounded by lawyers) requisition all available seats for
lawyers! (The IRONSHIRTS laugh:the FAT PRINCE joins in).
NEPHEW (to the IRONSHIRTS): You really wish me to try this case? I find it rather unusual from the taste angle,
I mean.
FIRST IRONSHIRT: Lets go!
FAT PRINCE: (smiling): Let him have it, my little fox?
NEPHEW: All right. People of Grusinia versus Grand Duke. Defendant, what have you got to
say for yourself?
AZDAK: Plenty. Naturally, have read war lost. Only started on the advice of
patriots. Like Uncle Arsen Kazbeki. Call Uncle Arsen as witness.
FAT PRINCE (to the IRONSHIRTS. Delightedly): what a madcap!
NEPHEW: Motion rejected. One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which
every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
AZDAK: Rubbish! Did not run it at all! Had it run! Had it run by Princes!
Naturally, they messed it up.
NEPHEW: Do you by any chance deny having been commander in chief?
AZDAK: Not at all! Always was commander-in-chief. At birth shouted at wet nurse. Was
trained drop turds in toilet, grew accustomed to command.
Always commanded officials rob my cash box. Officers flog soldiers only on
command.
IRONSHIRTS (clapping): He’s good! Long live the Grand Duke!
FAT PRINCE: Answer him according to the dignity of the law. Defendant, preserve the dignity of
the law!
AZDAK: Agreed. Command you proceed with trial!
NEPHEW: It is not your place to command me. You claim that the Princes forced you to declare
war. How can you claim then that they-er- “messed it up”.
AZDAK: Did not send enough people. Embezzled funds. Sent sick horses.
During attack, drinking in whorehouse. Call Uncle Arsen as witness.
NEPHEW: are you making the outrageous suggestions that the Princes of this
country did not fight?
AZDAK: No. Prince fought. Fought for war contracts
FAT PRINCE: (jumping up): That’s too much! This man talks like a carpet weaver!
AZDAK: Really? Told nothing but truth.
FAT PRINCE: Hang him! Hang him!
FIRST IRONSHIRT (pulling the PRINCE down): Keep quiet! Go on, excellency!
NEPHEW: Quiet! Now render a verdict; you must be hanged! By the neck! Having
lost war!
AZDAK: Young man, seriously advise not fall publicly into jerky clipped speech. Cannot be watchdog
if howl like wolf. Got it? If people realize Princes
speak same language as Grand Duke, may hang Grand Duke and prince, huh? By the way,
must overrule verdict. Reason? War lost, but not for Princes. Princes won their war. Got
3,863,000 piasters for horses not delivered, 8,240,000 piasters for food supplies not produced.
Are therefore victors. War lost only for Grusinia, which is not present in this court.
(a) 'am accused instigating war?' Explain the circumstances that led the speaker to say these words.
(b) Why do you think the nephew is reluctant to try the case?
(c) Explain who according to the extract is responsible for instigating the war.
(d) Discuss at least two dominant themes in this extract.
(e) Identify and illustrate two character traits of Arsen Kazbeki as brought out in this extra
(f) Pick out two stylistic devices and comment on their effectiveness.
(g) Explain the ironic twist that takes place in this extract.
(h) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(i) I find it rather unusual. (Add a question tag)
(ii) Defendant, preserve the dignity of the law.
(Rewrite in the passive).
(iii) 'It is not your place to command me.'
(Rewrite in indirect speech.)
Date posted:
May 28, 2019
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Longhorn Publishers: When The Sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and beyond
'Terror gangs bring about devastation to any society.' Write an essay in...
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Longhorn Publishers: When The Sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and beyond
'Terror gangs bring about devastation to any society.' Write an essay in support of this statement with close reference to Moses Isegawa’s story ‘The War of the Ears’.
Date posted:
May 28, 2019
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Read the genre below and answer the questions that follow.
‘Slipperiness knows no king.
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Read the genre below and answer the questions that follow.
‘Slipperiness knows no king.
i). Classify the above genre .
ii). What is the most appropriate audience for the above genre.
iii). What would be lost if the above genre is translated into another language.
Date posted:
May 28, 2019
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