ELECTIVE COURSE IN ENGLISH Assignment (Based on Blocks 1-7) Course Code: EEG-01/BEGE-101 Assignment Code: EEG-01/BEGE-101/TMA/2011-2012 Maximum Marks: 100 1 . Show your understanding of literary and non-literary prose by citing examples and discussing them. 450 words (You may give the source) (20) 2. Fill in the blank in the following passage with suitable prepositions: The man was playing cards ................................. some other people. He tried ...............
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Unit 6 – Storage Devices & Memory Videos 1.06 and 1.08 covered Storage Devices and Memory. The 1st one covered all the different types of storage devices. It started with hard drives and went on to floppy drives‚ cd’s‚ dvd’s‚ solid state removable and tape drives. It also covered all the interfaces that can be used with them. The video also touched on power connections used to power up the different storage devices. Video 1.08 covered memory. It went through the two different types of memory
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Fahrenheit 451 is a story set in a dystopian society. The government forbids people to read books. If you’re caught reading then you’re put under arrest‚ and firemen are sent over to burn the books along with your house. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn. The main character‚ Guy Montag‚ is a fireman who enjoys burning books. One of his calls brings him and his crew to the house of an old lady who has stashed books in her home. She refuses to leave‚ knowing she’ll die if she stays
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When an individual is searching for sustainable outdoor clothing‚ a number of companies will want to showcase their product in the most effective way possible to appeal to their customers. A retail website is a simple yet effective way for a company to broadcast their merchandise and present details to potential buyers who are searching for their genre of merchandise. The company of Patagonia specifically uses their homepage in a particular way in order to appeal to their target audience effectively
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By definition‚ communication is “the imparting or interchange of thoughts‚ opinions‚ or information by speech‚ writing‚ or signs” (dictionary.com). Throughout John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids‚ the main character‚ David Strorm‚ expresses different types of communication depending on who he is communicating with. Through David’s communication we can explore a variety of human interactions. David has an inability to talk with his mother‚ Emily Strorm‚ and his father‚ Joseph Strorm. Despite David’s difficulties
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Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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is applied to all literary works‚ past‚ present‚ or | |future. Thus seeing a single work in its generic context becomes inseparable from seeing it as part of literary history. | |The concept of literary period also implies a grouping through time. But a work‚ rather than being "placed" within the | |entire sweep of literary history‚ is "placed" within a much more restricted time frame. The period concept provides | |another system of classification‚ ordering literary and cultural data
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ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) English Language and Literature Department Poetic Devices and their Likely Effects Alliteration Gains reader’s attention through repetition of a consonant sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ emphasizes words‚ links lines‚ unifies stanzas (or the poem as a whole)‚ and enhances flow of poem. Draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition of a vowel sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ enhances the development of the image created by the words
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Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Devices Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE‚ COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN‚ AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five‚60) Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ thing or idea of historical‚ cultural‚ literary or political significance. Ex. “Canst thou draw
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Africa Emergent by Nadine Gordimer A better understanding of literary theory can be gained by investigating the etymology of the word theory itself. Literary theory‚ then‚ offers to us a view of life‚ an understanding of why we interpret texts the way we do. A well-articulated literary theory also assumes that an innocent reading of a text or a sheerly emotional or spontaneous reaction to a work does not exist because literary theory questions the assumptions‚ beliefs‚ and feelings of readers
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