ENG1502 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Parallelism.
Answer: Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning that are
placed side by side, balancing each other.Effects on the audience:1. Create
rhythm or cadence, which improves flow and increases persuasiveness.2. To
balance ideas.3. Emphasise certain words or ideas.
◍ Personification.
Answer: involves endowing abstractions, ideas, and inanimate objects with
human characteristics and sensibilities
◍ an affix.
Answer: an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root,
stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning; affixes
include prefixes, suffixes, combining forms and infixes
◍ Antithesis.
Answer: The exact opposite.PEOA: Highlighting opposing ideas;
emphasizing the importance of a particular point; making choices seem
simpler; creating a memorable and impactful statement.Examples: "Get
busy living or get busy dying.""Speech is silver but silence is gold."
◍ Anaphora.
Answer: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive
phrases, clauses, or lines.PEOA:1. Creates a strong emo response.2. Issues a
call to action.3. Builds up anticipation.4. Reinforces to make sure the
audience does not forget it.5. Encourages the audience to pay
attention.Example: "So many books, so little time."
,◍ Polysyndeton.
Answer: - Repetition of conjunctions in close succession.- PEOA: Slows the
audience down so they can take in all the information or possibly
overwhelm them.- Example: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of
night stays these couriers."
◍ morphemes.
Answer: affixes, combining forms, and roots of words
◍ phonemic awareness.
Answer: the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in
spoken words
◍ phoneme.
Answer: any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified
language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t
in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.
◍ Imagery.
Answer: - Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch,
taste). - PEOA: Evoke emotions, enable visualization, clarify complex
notions, or make memorable an idea."Love, whether newly born or aroused
from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so
full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world."
◍ orthography.
Answer: study that deals with letters and spelling
◍ Personification.
Answer: The giving of human qualities to a non-human entity.PEOA: Adds
life, energy, and an element of relatability to things that would otherwise be
lifeless; making a text richer to read.
◍ Consonance.
Answer: Repetition of consonant sounds.PEOA: Creates rhythm and tone,
making language more memorable.
, ◍ Assonance.
Answer: Repetition of vowel sounds.PEOA: Creates rhythm and tone,
making language more memorable.
◍ aphorism.
Answer: a statement of truth revealed in a witty manner
◍ Synecdoche.
Answer: - A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.- PEOA:
Emphasises certain parts of a whole, and draws attention to the power of
associative and referential thinking making it sound more interesting or
poetic.- Example: The word "bread" can be used to represent food.
◍ Metonymy.
Answer: - A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing
for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated.-
PEOA: Creates concrete and vivid images in place of generalities.-
Example: "Moscow's evil empire."
◍ Hypophora.
Answer: - Also known as an anthypophora or antipophora, hypophora is a
figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the
question themselves.- PEOA: (a) As a transitional device, to take the
discussion in a new direction, (b) a device to catch attention, since a reader's
curiosity is stimulated by hearing a question, and (c) to suggest and answer
questions the reader might not have thought of.- Example: "When the enemy
struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do? It did what it always
has done in all its times of peril."
◍ gerund.
Answer: a verb form functioning as a noun; example: Swimming is my
favorite sport.
◍ participle.
Answer: a verb form that is used as an adjective; example: The crying baby
drew a long breath.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Parallelism.
Answer: Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning that are
placed side by side, balancing each other.Effects on the audience:1. Create
rhythm or cadence, which improves flow and increases persuasiveness.2. To
balance ideas.3. Emphasise certain words or ideas.
◍ Personification.
Answer: involves endowing abstractions, ideas, and inanimate objects with
human characteristics and sensibilities
◍ an affix.
Answer: an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root,
stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning; affixes
include prefixes, suffixes, combining forms and infixes
◍ Antithesis.
Answer: The exact opposite.PEOA: Highlighting opposing ideas;
emphasizing the importance of a particular point; making choices seem
simpler; creating a memorable and impactful statement.Examples: "Get
busy living or get busy dying.""Speech is silver but silence is gold."
◍ Anaphora.
Answer: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive
phrases, clauses, or lines.PEOA:1. Creates a strong emo response.2. Issues a
call to action.3. Builds up anticipation.4. Reinforces to make sure the
audience does not forget it.5. Encourages the audience to pay
attention.Example: "So many books, so little time."
,◍ Polysyndeton.
Answer: - Repetition of conjunctions in close succession.- PEOA: Slows the
audience down so they can take in all the information or possibly
overwhelm them.- Example: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of
night stays these couriers."
◍ morphemes.
Answer: affixes, combining forms, and roots of words
◍ phonemic awareness.
Answer: the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in
spoken words
◍ phoneme.
Answer: any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified
language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t
in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.
◍ Imagery.
Answer: - Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch,
taste). - PEOA: Evoke emotions, enable visualization, clarify complex
notions, or make memorable an idea."Love, whether newly born or aroused
from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so
full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world."
◍ orthography.
Answer: study that deals with letters and spelling
◍ Personification.
Answer: The giving of human qualities to a non-human entity.PEOA: Adds
life, energy, and an element of relatability to things that would otherwise be
lifeless; making a text richer to read.
◍ Consonance.
Answer: Repetition of consonant sounds.PEOA: Creates rhythm and tone,
making language more memorable.
, ◍ Assonance.
Answer: Repetition of vowel sounds.PEOA: Creates rhythm and tone,
making language more memorable.
◍ aphorism.
Answer: a statement of truth revealed in a witty manner
◍ Synecdoche.
Answer: - A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.- PEOA:
Emphasises certain parts of a whole, and draws attention to the power of
associative and referential thinking making it sound more interesting or
poetic.- Example: The word "bread" can be used to represent food.
◍ Metonymy.
Answer: - A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing
for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated.-
PEOA: Creates concrete and vivid images in place of generalities.-
Example: "Moscow's evil empire."
◍ Hypophora.
Answer: - Also known as an anthypophora or antipophora, hypophora is a
figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the
question themselves.- PEOA: (a) As a transitional device, to take the
discussion in a new direction, (b) a device to catch attention, since a reader's
curiosity is stimulated by hearing a question, and (c) to suggest and answer
questions the reader might not have thought of.- Example: "When the enemy
struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do? It did what it always
has done in all its times of peril."
◍ gerund.
Answer: a verb form functioning as a noun; example: Swimming is my
favorite sport.
◍ participle.
Answer: a verb form that is used as an adjective; example: The crying baby
drew a long breath.
