Back to Course

JSS1: ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 1ST TERM

0% Complete
0/0 Steps
  1. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 1
    5 Topics
    |
    2 Quizzes
  2. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 2
    4 Topics
    |
    1 Quiz
  3. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 3
    4 Topics
    |
    3 Quizzes
  4. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 4
    4 Topics
    |
    3 Quizzes
  5. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 5
    6 Topics
    |
    2 Quizzes
  6. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 6
    4 Topics
    |
    1 Quiz
  7. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 7
    3 Topics
    |
    2 Quizzes
  8. JSS1: English Language 1st Term | Week 8
    4 Topics
    |
    2 Quizzes
  9. JSS2: English Language 1st Term | Week 9
    2 Topics
    |
    1 Quiz
  • excellence
  • Follow

Lesson Progress
0% Complete

Topic Content:

  • Meaning of Poetry
  • Types of Poems

What is Poetry?

Poetry is a literary work in which special interest is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

Types of Poems:

1. Ballad: It is a poem written to express the heroic past of a village or a community.

2. Narrative Poem: It is a story told in verse form.

3. Lyric: A lyric is a short poem that expresses the poet’s thoughts and feelings and is meant to be sung to the music lyre.

4. Epic: It is a long narrative poem that dwells on the adventures and achievements of one or more great heroes.

5. Lullaby: It is a song specially created to appease a weeping child or rock a baby to sleep.

6. Sonnet: It is a poem of fourteen lines.

7. Dirge: It is a funeral song, poem, expressing grief or mourning.

Evaluation:

1. Write short notes on the following

a. Poetry.
b. Epic.
c. Elegy.
d. Lyric 

2. Write down the following from your recommended drama text – “The Vengeance of the Spirit” by Maxwell Okwor Onyekachi

a. Theme.
b. Setting.
c. Mention three characters.
d. Type of drama – whether tragedy, comedy or tragic comedy.

View Answers

Assignment:

Copy the poem “The Thief is One of Us” by Sola Olatunji into your literature notes and bring out the figures of speech and the theme of the poem.

Evaluation

Write down the following from your recommended drama text – “The Vengeance of the Spirit” by Maxwell Okwor Onyekachi

a. Theme.

Answer:

i. Vengeance

ii. The challenge of poverty

iii. The result of greed

 

b. Setting.

Answer:

Enugu State

 

c. Mention three characters.

Answer:

i. Ngozi

ii. Okpoko

iii. Okoro

 

d. Type of drama – whether tragedy, comedy or tragic comedy.

Answer:

Tragedy