Compare and contrast between the following pairs of literary terminologies.

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What do you understand by the term ‘technique’ in a work of art? Explain on seven techniques which can be used in a literary piece of work.

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Does oral literature still exist in the Tanzanian society today? Discuss basing your arguments on the nature and transmission of oral literature.

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Hypocrisy and selfishness have always led to misunderstandings between or among the members of the society. With reference to characters in two plays, justify this statement.

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Conflicts are inevitable in any society. They occur because people differ in their ways of thinking and decision making. Imagine you were one of the main characters how would you avoid the conflicts which confronted you? Use two readings to support your argument.

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The Africans who got Western education found themselves strange in their own societies. Analyse this statement using one play.

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How have the writers under this section managed to balance form and content? Refer to two novels to illustrate your answer.

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Analyse the effectiveness of the various techniques used by the writers to put their message across to the readers. Use two novels to support your answer.

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Using two novels read under this programme, consider the relevance of their titles to the content.

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“Figures of speech are very powerful tools used by poets to give their message to the readers.” Using two poems read under this section, verify this statement.

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When you read a poem you get the message more effectively than when you read an ordinary story. Justify this statement using any poem you have read.

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Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow: If we must die ­ let it not be like hogs. Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot, If we must die ­ oh let us nobly die. So that our precious blood may not be shed in vain: Then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honour us though dead! Oh kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far out numbered, let us show our bravery And for their thousand blows one death ­ blow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall but fighting back!

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