Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NON-AFRICAN POETRY- ‘THE SOUL’S ERRAND’ by Waiter Raleigh

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE POET Sir, Walter Raleigh, an English navigator, was born in Hayes, Devonshire, England in 1552 and […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF NON-AFRICAN DRAMA- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde.

THE PLOT          The plot account of the story begins with the scene of preparations made over the table in […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POETRY-“THE FENCE” by Lenrie Peters.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE POET Lenrie Peters was born in 1932. He is a Medical Doctor from Gambia. ANALYSIS OF […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF NON-AFRICAN PROSE- LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

PLOT The plot structure of the novel, Lord of the Flies (1954), by William Golding can be seen to be […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POETRY- “EXPELLED” by Jared Angira.

AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Jared Angira was born in 1947. He studied at the University of Nairobi where he bagged a […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN PROSE- PURPLE HIBISCUS by Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie

THE AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977 to the family of Professor James Nwoye […]

Categories
Literature in English Notes

READING AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NON-AFRICAN POETRY – “THE SUN RISING” – by John Donne

CONTENT ANALYSIS This poem is one of many metaphysical poems written by John Donne.  The poem centres on the metaphysical […]

Categories
English Notes

Reviewing the Vowel and the Consonants

Vowels: There are twenty vowels in the English Language. They include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs. Pure vowels /i:/                          […]

Categories
English Notes

Comprehension and Formal letter writing

Topic: Comprehension: A railway Journey The passage centres on transportation by rail. Transport by rail is best approach in a […]

Categories
English Notes

Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech: This refers to the quoting by a speaker or writer, of the actual utterance of another speaker or […]