Paul B Vitta's Fathers of Nations: Answering excerpt & Essay Questions

This book is book is the third in a series that examines the novel, Fathers of Nations, by Paul B Vitta. The first booklet analyzes the plot and examines the characters and their roles. The second examines the important themes and the elements of style. This book looks at how to deal with questions set on this novel. It begins with how to interpret question words, recognizing that this is often the first hurdle standing in the way of a student's performance. This is because many students do poorly, not because of poor reading or lack of understanding, but because they do not present what they know properly. Literature often requires a specific way of communication. The book then examines the context question. It gives an example drawn from the novel with questions worth 25 marks set on it. Then it shows how to answer the questions in order to ensure that the candidate garners all the marks given to the various questions. The book the examines the essay question. It shows the reader how to plan and execute essays to ensure that what the examiner requires is done. It also gives a consideration of the time given and the number of questions. This book uses a practical examination for this - the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination, through which candidates qualify for midlevel colleges and universities. This makes the book most appropriate for high school and college students. It needs to be recognized here that the timing of exams may be different but the skiils taught here are easy enough for the candidate to adjust to other exams. Lastly, the book gives a catalogue of literary terms, explains what they mean, and gives appropriate examples from the novel. This makes the reading and interpretation of the novel easy while opening the reader's mind to the expecttions of critics of the novel. This is because such literary terms are used widely without explanation, meaning that any good literature student needs to fully understand them first. It advised that the reader reads the novel thoroughly, then examines the other two booklets before dealing with this one, if the reader specifically wants to understand Fathers of Nations and respond to questions on it well. However, this will help the reader perform better in literature in general.