WASSCE SHS
A proverb needs the saying and the meaning. A custom needs the people it belongs to.
Literature on this paper includes oral work and the written texts you were taught. Oral literature includes proverbs, folktales, praise and dirges, as your language teaches them. A proverb answer gives the saying and the situation it fits. The saying alone is memory. The meaning, in your own words, is the rest of the mark. A folktale answer names the story and the point the question asked for, not a summary of every scene. If your entry has set texts, stay inside the text the question names.
Customs and institutions belong to a people. Name that people. A greeting, a naming rite, a festival or the work of a chief is not the same in every community in Ghana. Homowo is a Ga festival. It is not an answer for an Ewe custom or an Akan custom. An Akan stool and a Ga stool are not the same explanation. Write the custom in the language of your entry when the question is in that language. Do not describe a rite you are not sure of. A guess that mixes two communities is a wrong fact, and a wrong fact costs the mark.
The BECE Ghanaian Language tips guide sets out comprehension, composition, grammar, literature, culture and translation. At WASSCE you sit the language on your entry, including Akan, Ewe, Ga and the others. Start practising on glearn.now with Kevin and Anna. BECE Ghanaian Language tips
The saying and the meaning are a pair. A title of a story, with no point, is only a name. For a custom, the people are part of the answer. "In Ghana we do this" is too wide when the question is about one community. Do not move a festival from one people to another. If the question asks for the lesson of a tale, one clear lesson scores more than a list of characters.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
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What two parts does a full answer about a proverb need? (2 marks)
The saying, and the meaning in a situation. The saying alone does not give the meaning.
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Why must a custom answer name the people? (2 marks)
Communities do not share every rite or festival. Naming the people shows which practice you mean. A custom of one people given to another is a wrong fact.
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Homowo is a festival of which people, and why is it the wrong example for an Ewe custom? (2 marks)
Homowo is a Ga festival. Ewe customs are a different people and a different paper. The example has to match the people in the question.
More questions on this topic are inside glearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Ghanaian Language freeNo. Give the saying and the meaning, or a situation where it fits. A story answer needs the point the question asked for, not only the title.
No. Name the people. Homowo belongs to the Ga. An Akan custom is not an Ewe custom. If you are not sure which people practise a rite, leave it out. All WASSCE Ghanaian Language past questions