Asiya Marriyam

  A  sentence  is the largest unit of any language. In English, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full-stop, or a question mark, or an exclamation mark. The  sentence  is generally defined as a word or a group of words that expresses a thorough idea by giving a statement/order, or asking a question, or exclaiming. Example : He is a good boy (statement), Is he a good boy? (question), What a nice weather! (exclaiming). Ideally, a sentence requires at least one subject and one verb. Sometimes the subject of a sentence can be hidden, but the verb must be visible and present in the sentence. Verb is called the heart of a sentence.   Example : Do it. (In this sentence, a subject ‘you’ is hidden but verb ‘do’ is visible)    “[A sentence is] a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question,...

  In traditional grammar,   word   is the basic unit of language.   Words   can be classified according to their action and meaning, but it is challenging to define.  A  word   refers to a speech sound, or a mixture of two or more speech sounds in both written and verbal form of language. A  word  works as a symbol to represent/refer to something/someone in language to communicate a specific meaning. Example  : ‘love’, ‘cricket’, ‘sky’ etc. '[A word is the] smallest unit of grammar that can stand alone as a complete utterance, separated by spaces in written language and potentially by pauses in speech.'  (David Crystal,  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language . Cambridge University Press, 2003) Morphology ,  a branch of linguistics, studies the formation of words. The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of  words  is called  lexical sem...

  There was no punctuation in any languages of ancient times. With the advancement of civilization, punctuation was introduced in the written form of the language to help a reader distinguish words and ideas from each other and to mirror the natural rhythms of the spoken language. This article will cover proper usage of some of the basic punctuations.   End Marks: Period, Note of Interrogation, Note of Exclamation Period (.) The period  is also called  full stop  in England. A period declares the end of a sentence. It also indicates the separation of sentences so that the readers cannot mix up different sentences. A period is used at the end of a sentence which is complete and not a question or an exclamatory sentence. Example: Alex was a little boy when he first saw a person dying .  He was so shocked and panicked that he could not sleep for several days .   He still fears the sight of someone’s death . The period  is also used in  abbreviat...

 How to prepare for MA English? There are five papers in Part 1 and five in  part 2.  Each paper has 5 to 6 authors and u should prepare minimum 4 authors of each paper in order to attempt 100% paper (as you have to attempt minimum 4 questions in each paper and usually, at least one question is asked from each book). So if u prepare 4 authors of each paper  you can attempt that paper. Prepare the following questions and consult past papers to know the paper pattern. It will be beneficial to you.  Questions for MA English (Part 1) Paper 1 - Classical Poetry 1. Chaucer  - “The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales” i. Chaucer’s Humour / Satire / Irony ii. Chaucer’s art of Characterization iii. Chaucer as a modern poet (humour, secularism etc.) iv. Chaucer’s ecclesiastical characters (Church’s hypocrisy, Comparison & contrast between the characters) v. Chaucer’s female characters 2. Alexander Pope – “Rape of the Lock” i. “Rape of the Lock” as social satire ii. ...

  IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR M.A. ENGLISH PART II ( Pu) EXAMINATION                                        PAPER 1 (POETRY) S.T Coleridge 1.    Coleridge as a poet of supernatural 2.    Coleridge as a narrator/story teller 3.    Critical appreciation of the Rime of ANCIENT MARINER     John Keats  1.    Keats as a poet of beauty 2.    Keats: the pure poet 3.    Sensuousness of Keats 4.    Negative capability of Keats 5.    Critical appreciation of the ODE ON GRECIAN URN 6.    Critical appreciation of ODE TO THE NIGHTINGALE William Blake 1.    Blake as a romantic poet 2.    Blake’s mysticism 3.    Blake’s depiction of childhood 4.                Seamus Heaney 1.    Seamus Heaney as a modern poet 2.  ...