ENGLISH LANGUAGE O LEVEL(FORM TWO) NOTES – INTERPRETING LITERARY WORKS INTRODUCTION OF LITERATURE

INTERPRETING LITERARY WORKS

• Myth – Story from ancient times told to explain natural events describe the early history of people related to supernatural power
• Fable – Traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson especially one with animal’s character
• Legend – Story from ancient times that may or may not be him
• Ballad – Is a long song/poem that tells a story mostly about an love
• Riddles – A question that is difficult to understand and has a surprising answer that you ask somebody as a game
• Proverbs – As well known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says something that is generally true
• Idiom – An expression whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words that you sing
• Songs – Short piece of music with words that you sing
• Poems – Short writings with chosen words from their sounds and image they are written in lines or stanza
• Lullabies – Gentle song that make a child to sleep
• Short story – Is a story which is usually about imaginary character and events that is short enough to be read from the beginning to the end without stopping
• Tongue twisters – A word or phrase that is difficult to say quickly or correctly

1. Kantai is a Massai boy kantai can tie and untie a tie. If kantai can tie the tie and untie a tie why can’t I tie and untie a tie like kantai who can tie and untie a tie?

2. Four fools in form five fighting for food

3. She sells shiny sea shells at the sea shore but the shiny sea shells she sells are not sea shore shells

4. God made man made money made man mad

5. The pots that Peter the porter makes are portable pots which Paul the porters son carried to portal

6. Betty Better bought some butter, but she said this butter is bitter if I put it in my butter it will make it will make my butter bitter. So a bit of better butter will make my butter better than butter and she put it in her batter and the butter was it bitter. So Betty Better bought a bit of better butter.

• Traditional – strictly follows the rules of rhymes and meter
• Modern – do not follow the rules of rhymes and meter

Conditional is formed by two causes

1. If I eat too much I will get stomachache
2. I shall call you if I know
3. If she studies French, she will go to Paris
4. I will go to school, if I pay
5. If she studies too much, she will go mad
6. If I write my easy the afternoon I will go out
7. I will play basketball, if I get the ball
8. I will be kill the master, if I get the ball
9. I will be the first, if I study hard

CONDITIONAL TYPE TWO

Also called impossible is made up with two clause

1. Despite his poverty, he went to school
2. Despite her beauty ,she sold flowers
3. Despite his poverty, he bought a car
4. They passed the exam, despite of studying hard
5. They failed their exam, despite of studying
6. They passed the exam, despite the problems

1. Despite the fact that he was rich he failed to pay school fees
2. Despite the fact he was tall he ran fast
3. Inspite of the fact that he worked hard he did not get good harvest
4. Inspite the fact that he was drunk, he saw the snake

1. Although she speak French she does not go to Paris

1. Purpose clause
2. Result clause
3. Relative pronouns

1. So as to
2. In order to
3. In order that

1. I come to school so as to get education
2. He does a lot of physical exercise he want to became a good play (Join so as )

1. I go to school in order to meet my friends
2. I bought a house in order to live with my family
3. I joined the way army in order to fight for my countries

1. I read many story book I want to became an author (join using so that)

1. I go to town in order I can meet my relative
2. They study in order that they can communicate with foreign
3. He work hard in order that I can pass my exams

1. The students went to Bagamoyo so as to observe historical remaining