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(c)  Summarise the content of the            Home to home, need no fare
                   Texts in Activity 3(a)and 3 (b)
                   using the following diagram.            People carry him to another home
                                                           Clings to people like a monkey
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                           Elements of literature
                                                           Unknowingly, they carry him
                                                           People are crying for a thief is
                        Form            Content            dangerous

                                                           People are running, there is no help
                                                           Steal souls, not properties
                                                           People mourning, souls stolen

                                                           Experts fight the thief
                                                           Researchers fight the thief
                                                           Too big to bring down

                                                           Stay home, the slogan says

              (d)  Recite the following poem and
                   answer the questions that follow.       Out of home, you meet the killer
                                                           Wash hands, stay clean
                   A thief                                 Jail yourself meet not a thief
                   A thief from distant lands              Stay home, the slogan say
                   Armed with the greatest
                   knowledge                                  Questions

                   High technology
                   Has crept into our home               1.  What is the poem about?
                   A thief is clever to enter a home     2.  What is the type of the poem? Give
                   Silently enters a home                    reasons.
                   Unnoticeably enters a home            3.  How many stanzas does the poem
                                                             have?
                   Only to find out already in a         4.  How many verses does each stanza
                   home                                      have?

                                                         5.  Who is the persona in the poem?
                   A silent killer has entered           6.  Comment on the tone and mood of
                   Without knocking has entered              the persona.
                   Without welcome has entered           7.  With evidence from the poem,
                   The short, tall, fat and thin are         identify the major theme of the
                                                             poem.
                   trembling



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