Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Literature In English Question 39

Practice objective / multiple choice question 39 from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Literature In English Objective / Multiple Choice Easy Difficulty
Question 39 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2017 • LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH • objective

Read the excerpt: "The wind whispered through the trees, and the old man remembered his youth, the taste of fresh rain on his tongue." Classify this excerpt as poetry, prose, drama, or a short‑story passage, and justify your classification with two textual features.

Answer Options

A. Short story - it tells a complete narrative with a clear plot arc (a short‑story feature) and includes a climax and resolution within the passage.
B. Drama - it contains dialogue tags and stage directions (a dramatic feature) and the excerpt could be spoken by a character on stage.
Correct Answer C. Prose - it is written in continuous sentences without line breaks (a prose feature) and presents a narrative description of a character's memory (a short‑story feature).
D. Poetry - it uses vivid imagery and rhythmic language (a poetic feature) and the line‑breaks implied by the commas give it a lyrical quality.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Prose - it is written in continuous sentences without line breaks (a prose feature) and presents a narrative description of a character's memory (a short‑story feature).

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Literature In English Question 39. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

Difficulty level: Easy .

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