1.       DRAMA

a.       Types:

i.                    Tragedy

ii.                   Comedy

iii.                 Tragicomedy

iv.                 Melodrama

v.                  Farce

Candidates should be able to:

i.                      identify the various types of drama;

ii.                   analyse the contents of the various types of drama;

iii.                  compare and contrast the features of different dramatic types;

i.                    Characterisation

ii.                   Dialogue

iii.                 Flashback

iv.                 Mime

v.                  Costume

vi.                 Music/Dance

vii.               Décor

viii.              Acts/Scenes

ix.                 Soliloquy/aside etc.

v.                   differentiate between styles of selected playwrights;

vi.                 determine the theme of any prescribed text;

vii.                identify the plot of the play;

i.                    Theme

ii.                   Plot

iii.                 Socio-political context

2.         PROSE

a.       Types:

i.         Fiction

·         Novel

·         Novella

·         Short story

ii.       Non-fiction

·         Biography

·         Autobiography

·         Memoir

b.       Narrative Techniques/Devices:

i.         Point of view

·         Omniscent/Third Person

·         First Person

ii.       Setting

·         Temporal

·         Spatial/Geographical

iii.      Characterisation

·         Round characters

·         Flat characters

iv.     Language use

c.        Textual Analysise

i.         Theme

ii.       Plot

iii.      Socio-political context

3.          POETRY

a.       Types:

i.         Sonnet

ii.       Ode

iii.      Lyrics

iv.     Elegy

v.       Ballad

vi.     Panegyric

vii.    Epic

viii.  Blank Verse

b.       Poetic Devices

i.                    Structure

ii.                   Imagery

iii.                 Rhyme/Rhythm

Candidates should be able to:

i.                     differentiate between types of prose;

ii.                   identify     the     category     that                   each prescribed text belongs to;

iii.                  analyse the components of each type of prose;

iv.                 identify the narrative techniques used in each of the prescribed texts;

v.                   determine an author’s narrative style;

vi.                 distinguish     between    one    type                        of character from another;

vii.                determine the thematic pre-occupation of the author of the prescribed text;

viii.              indicate the plot of the novel;

ix.                 relate the prescribed text to real life situations.

Candidates should be able to:

i.                     identify different types of poetry;

ii.                   compare and contrast the features of different poetic types:

iii.                  determine the devices used by various poets;

iv.                 show how poetic devices are used for aesthetic effect in each poem;

iv.                 Diction

v.                  Persona

i.                    Thematic preoccupation

ii.                   Socio-political relevance

v.                   deduce the poet’s preoccupation from the poem;

vi.                 appraise poetry as an art with moral values;

vii.                apply the lessons from the poem to real life situations.

a.       Literary terms:

foreshadowing, suspense, theatre, monoloque, dialoque, soliloquy, symbolism, protagonist, antagonist, figures of speech, satire, stream of consciousness etc,

in addition to those listed above under the different genres.

Candidates should be able to:

i.                     identify literary terms in drama, prose and poetry;

ii.                   differentiate between literary terms and principles;

iii.                  use literary terms appropriately.

Candidates should be able to:

ii.                   provide a meaningful inter-pretation of the given passage/extract;

iii.                  relate     the     extract    to     true     life experiences.