MARKING SCHEME FOR JSS2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST TERM SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST

SECTION B: ESSAY

Question 1 (a) (Any two @ 1mk each= 2mks; 2mks each for the examples)

1. Coordinating conjunctions e.g but, or, and, nor, so, yet…
2. Correlative conjunctions e.g. both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also
3.  Subordinating conjunctions e.g. although, because, if, unless, until, although, because, if,        

Question 1 (b)

(Each correct sentence takes ½  mark .=2)  Total=10mks.

Question 2 (a)

• Irony: This is the use of words to suggest a direct opposite of what is said.
• Paradox: This is an expression which is absurd or false on the surface, but upon reflection is true.
• Alliteration: This is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in the line of literature.

Question 2 (b) (Any two @ 2mk each= 4mks)

1. Social Discrimination:  In the poem, there is segregation of some people in the Ibo society because of the notion that they have been dedicated to the gods.