Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The dominant literary device used in the passage is

The last five lines make use of......imagery

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The feeling induced is one of

Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The poem describes