ASSIGNMENT 2
1. In literature, a rhetorical question is self-evident, and used for style as an impressive
persuasive device. Broadly speaking, a rhetorical question is asked when the questioner
himself knows the answer already, or an answer is not actually demanded.
2. THE CHARACTER is one which relies heavily on cultural types or names for his or her
personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. These characters are narrowly
defined, often by one exaggerated trait.
3. Literature is didactic because it is written to inform or instruct the reader, especially in
moral or political lessons. While they are also meant to entertain the audience. The primary
intention of didactic art is not to entertain, but to teach the audience a moral or a theme.
4. PROTAGONIST
5. POINT OF VIEW
6. 1. Short stories teach moral lessons
2. Short stories entertain
3. Reading short stories help to amplify your creativity
7. 1. A short story should be capable of being read at one sitting.
2. Once climax reached, the story should end with minimal resolution
3. A short story should create a single impression.
8. WORDS LIMIT (WORD COUNT)
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10. Verbal irony
11. Metaphor
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16. Because it was given in soft, kind, reasonable way against which it was impossible to argue
17. Her mother advised her to get to understand Dukana to know all the men and women, the rich
and the poor, the strong and the weak, the juju priest and Christian, the wicked and the kind, the
very genie of the town because that was the only way the narrator will know what to do, to say,
when to say it and to whom and that will save her from the sin of arrogance.
18. Arrogance and provincialism
19. OIL
20. The brick house of Dukana is the task of a life-time.
POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
21. Flashback
Flashback is a scene in a film, novel set in a time earlier than the main story. HOME SWEET
HOME – Ken Saro Wiwa
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