Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Literature in English End Term 3 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This assessment measures literary appreciation, analytical skills, and critical interpretation across oral narratives, initiation poetry, prose fiction, dramatic scripts, and literary journalism. It is ideal for end-of-year school-based national assessment preparation towards the end of the term, and can also be effectively administered as a mid-term assessment for schools that have completed the syllabus early at the beginning of the term.

  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 20 (Questions 1–20)
  • Structure: Section A (25 Marks), Section B (25 Marks), Section C (35 Marks), Section D (15 Marks)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Oral narrative analysis, moral lessons, proverbs, and performance features of initiation songs
    • Oral literature fieldwork planning, methodological stages, and ethical considerations
  • Section B:
    • Poetry analysis: persona, mood, sound patterns, language devices, and thematic development
    • Figurative language including imagery, metaphor, and personification
  • Section C:
    • Short story analysis: setting, characterisation, suspense creation, style, and thematic values
    • Play extract interpretation, dramatic performance techniques, dialogue delivery, and stage action
  • Section D:
    • Personal journal analysis, first-person point of view, self-reflection, and personal growth
    • Literary journalism conventions and integrating factual reportage with human-interest narrative
• File Size:

  34.45 KB
• Length:

  6 pages
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  English Literature
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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