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PERFORMANCE OF RIDDLES.         Riddles have no specific performer and audience but they were and are normally performed by children during the evening or daytime whilst daytime chores.         The performance of riddles requires at least two people. One to offer the challenge (challenger/proposer) and the one who responds (the respondent)        FUNCTIONS OF OPENING FORMULAR

CLASSIFICATION OF RIDDLES.         Riddles are classified according to:-                         Form classification deals with the question “how”. They are transmitted by word of mouth and therefore have an oral form.            Content classification deals with the question “what”. It refers to the subjects, ideas, people, objects and situations i.e.:-          Under length, we have two

CHARACTERISTICS OF RIDDLES.          Mwarabu kava kilobit (Swahili)          An Arab wearing a turban.          Answer: kigunzi                        A maize cob           Here, the maize cob is presented as if it were an Arab. It also ascribes the cob to the aspect of being dressed hence making the reference a personification.           Another image in

IMPORTANCE OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS.

RENDITION OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS.         Rendition is a term used for the delivery or performance. It refers to the use of proverbs and sayings specifically the setting, participants and procedure.            Proverbs and wise sayings have no specific formula for their delivery as they are incorporated into normal speech. As such they are

FUNCTIONS OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS.         Basically there are four main functions of proverbs and wise sayings as elaborated below:-           Proverbs and wise sayings are used to embellish verbal communication. This is supported by Achebe’s constant use of the saying “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten. In this context,

CLASSIFICATION OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS.            Proverbs and wise sayings may have no rigid classification but scholars try to organize the corpus based on the following criteria:-         The corpus is arranged using the first letter of the first word in the proverb and the subsequent letters in their alphabetical order. Example (proverbs beginning

CHARACTERISTICS OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS         Proverbs and wise sayings use the fewest words possible or we can say they conserve words. Example. Ja kuoth ki it (Luo)      The gossip never ages. They use few words as compared to normal speech where one could say that the person who is fond of gossiping

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROVERB AND A WISE SAYING.         For example in the Kikuyu wise saying, the impregnation of the             lady is within the immediacy of the speaker while the former gives a       judgement on an experience e.g. in the luo proverb atonga mayot emiyombogo koth (it’s with a light basket that one