ZIMSEC · O Level
Literature in English
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Form 1 4 topics
- Introduction to literature and literary terms Literature is imaginative writing – prose (novels and short stories), poetry and drama – that explores human experience.
- Studying a novel Writers reveal character through what characters say, do, think and how others react to them. Ask how and why a character changes.
- Short stories Short stories focus on a single main event, few characters and one key theme.
- Poetry: reading and analysing poems Read the poem at least twice, underline striking words, work out the situation and speaker, then answer with short quotations and explanation.
Form 3 3 topics
- Drama Drama is written to be performed. When studying a play, imagine it on stage.
- Answering context questions Context (passage-based) questions give an extract from a set text and ask about it.
- Writing literature essays Use the present tense for events in literature (“Tambu decides…”), formal style, and literary vocabulary. Name the author and the title correctly.