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MEANING AND CHARACERISTICS OF BUSINESS || BUSINESS MANAGEMENT NOTES — WASSCE

A business is an organisation set up to carry on some form of economic activity for profit. A business may be owned by one person or may be a partnership, co-operative, or corporation. In a more general sense, business is a broad term covering commerce and trade, (which is the buying of and transportation of goods), industry (the production of goods and the provision of services), and banking and finance. In industry , materials are extracted or converted into finished and semi-finished product. Trade is the process of buying and selling of commodities.  Commerce relates to financial, transport, unsuring and other allied activities. CHARACERISTICS OF BUSINESS It is a human activity directed towards the acquisition on wealth.  It means exchange of goods services undertaken continually or recurrently.  It consists of dealing in goods and services.  The activities are directly concerned with the transfer or exchange of goods and services of value.  The element of risk goes with the profi
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POINT OF VIEW/ NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES || LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Narrative techniques in Literature in English POINT OF VIEW/ NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES     Narrative technique in Literature refers to the ways and patterns the writer use to get his message across. It's the ability the author exerts inorder to narrate his work. In Literature, there are three types of narrative techniques. These are: first person narrative technique, third person narrative technique, and the omniscient narrative technique.  WHAT IS DRAMA AND THE TYPES OF DRAMA?      First person narrative technique:   Here the author of the story uses this technique to show his inclusion in the story been written. This technique shows that the author is a part of the story or is also a character in the literary piece. He makes use of first person personal pronouns; I, We, Me, Myself, Us in the narrative. Most remarkable work of arts that uses this technique include autobiographical works, memiors etc.  CHARACTERIZATION AND TYPES OF CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE.    Third person narrative tec

WHAT IS DRAMA AND THE TYPES OF DRAMA || WASSCE LITERATURE NOTES

WHAT IS DRAMA IN LITERATURE?  Drama is a form of Literature that is meant to be acted on stage. It's a genre of Literature that should be performed, and thus has a conversational structure. In drama there are casts; these are the animals or people that make up the play. Examples of remarkable dramas are: Othello, by William Shakespeare; The Harvest of Corruption, Frank Ogodo Obeche; The Lion and the Jewel, Wole Soyinka. TYPES Of DRAMA COMEDY It is a type of drama that has a happy ending. It mostly begins wit a sorrowful note but ends happily or on a happy note. It is aimed at correcting the excesses of some individuals through the comic scenes. It also treats serious issues in a trivial manner. A good example is Look Back in Anger by John Osborne. TRAGEDY Tragedy, as a form of drama, is a work of art that starts happily but ends sorrowfully. It's sorrowful end mostly comes as a result of the characters' (or one of the character's) flaw or mistake. This mistake

TYPES OF CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH || WASSCE NOTES

CHARACTERIZATION IN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH  In Drama, characters can be categorized into types and classes: TYPES OF CHARACTERS FLAT OR STATIC CHARACTERS: These are characters whose lives change a little or not at all in the course of a play. They see things as they occur but these happenings have no physical, mental or emotional impact on them. They remain consistent till the end of the play, they don't change in height, status, effect etc. in the play.  ROUND OR DYNAMIC CHARACTERS:  These are characters who change completely as the events in the text change. These changes would have physical and mental effects on them. They don't remain consistent till the end of the play. Something triggers them to change during the course of the play.    CLASSES OF CHARACTERS    MANOR CHARACTERS   These are characters major impacts are greatly felt in the course of the play. In other words, they have intrinsic effect on the substance of the play. Their absence or death may affect the play; i

MAJOR THEMES IN THE PLAY "THE LION AND THE JEWEL" BY WOLE SOYINKA

MAJOR THEMES IN THE PLAY THE LION AND THE JEWEL" Tradition vs. Modernization One of the biggest themes in the play is that of tradition versus modernization. The characters all react to each other in relation to this central theme. Modernity, or the modernization of village life, is something that Bale Baroka has been fighting against for some time. The Bale sees progress as an encroachment upon his traditional role as village leader. He scoffs, for instance, at the fact that his workers have joined a union and now demand time off. He gives in to this modern notion, though he dislikes it. Baroka also tricks men from the outside world into not building a railroad line through Ilujinle. Lakunle laments the fact that this railroad line would have brought Ilujinle into modern times, thus securing it a place in the progressive world. Lakunle is an example of a village inhabitant who desires change. He has adopted the clothing of Westerners and their ideals for modernity. Lakunle is mad

CHARACTER ANALYSIS IN THE LION AND THE JEWEL BY WOLE SOYINKA

MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY THE LION AND THE JEWEL BY WOLE SOYINKA. BAROKA Baroka –the "Bale" of ILUJINLE and the "Lion" in the title of the play – is the leader of the village. He is steeped firmly in Yoruba traditions, customs, and beliefs. He is very cunning, often referred to as a fox, and is prepared to use bribery, trickery, decite, and other corrupt practices to get what he wants. His main past time is satisfying his sexual pleasure by ever expanding his harem of wives and concubines. He is sixty-two years old, wiry, and sports a goatee. His eyes are very small and always red with wine. He has many wives and, even at his age, shows no sign of slowing down, having taken his last wife five months earlier. He has seen the magazine with the pictures of Sidi and targets her as his next wife. MAJOR THEMES IN THE PLAY "THE LION AND THE JEWEL" BY WOLE SOYINKA SIDI Sidi –the village belle– and the "Jewel" in the title, is a very young and beautiful

FULL PLOT SUMMARY OF THE LION AND THE JEWEL BY WOLE SOYINKA || LITERATURE IN ENGLISH || WASSCE 2021–2025

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wole Soyinka was born, Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka on July 13, 1934 in Western Nigeria. His father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, was a prominent Anglican Minister and head master and his mother, Grace Eniola Soyinka, a shop keeper and local activist. In 1954 after preparatory University studies at Government college in Ibadan, Soyinka went to the University of Leeds, from where he graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor's degree in English Literature. Soyinka wrote the book The Lion and the Jewel during his time in London. He became the first African to the Noble Prize for Literature in 1986.