The first exam in literature
define the following terms and give one example about each of them
historical novel-documentary novel-psychological novel-epistolary novel
what is literature?can we classify plato's and rhetoric as literature?why
what are the features of the realist movement in literature?what is the literary type or genre which best represented this movement?name two british realist writers
The first exam in methodology
part one
answer briefly the following questions
unlike the bilingual dictionary ,the monolingual dictionary offers a wide range of information.discuss
to save you time and to increase the quality of your library studies,you need to be disciplined and determined.discuss
why should students takes notes in tutorials,seminars or when reading independently?
what is the difference between skimming and scanning and in which situations skimming is practical?
when we take notes ,it is sometimes a necessity to use the quotation mark.for what purpose?and how do we call that note surrounded by those quotation marks?and what are the main benefits of using that type of notes?
say whether the following statement true or false and justify in both cases
skimming and scanning should not be applied to anything you read
anticipation questions are those questions that you ask yourself after you read a book to check your comprehension
you have to make decision on the basis of the title alone as wheter the book or articles is going to be relevant to you
an assertion is a truth that all people agree upon it
taking notes involves taking some parts of a book or article and neglect others
when we paraphrase a passage,we should reproduce a longer text than the original
part two
read the following passage carefully
in every country,peoplenimagine that they are the best and the cleverest and others are not so good as are not so good as they are.the englishman thinks that he and his country are the best;the frenchman is very proud of france and everything french.the germans and italians think no less of their countries and many indians imagine that india is in many ways the greatest country in the world .this is wrong .everybody wants to think well of himself and his country.but ,really there is no person who has not got some good and some bad qualities.
in the same way ,there is no country which is not partly good and partly bad.we must take the good wherever we find it and try to remove the bad wherever it may be.we are,of course ,most concerned with our own country,india.unfortunately ,it is in a bad way today.many of our people are poor and unhappy .they have no joy in their lives.we have to find out how we can make them happier.we have to see what is good in our ways and customs and try to keep it,and whatever is bad we have to throw it away.if we find anything good in other countries,we should certainly take it.
what is the main idea in this text?how it should be labelled;the topic sentence or the thesis statement?and why?
summarize the passage.
the first exam in grammar
question 1 give the correct tense of the verb between brackets
you -hear-anything?Iam listening hard but i can't hear anything
the boy jumped off the bus whil it-move
your train -leave-?you-pack- your bags yet?
the child -be killed-if the train hadn't stopped quickly
question2 spot the mistake in every sentence and correct it
a football team consist of eleven players
neither he nor his brothe speak english well
today sky is blue
question 3 identify the word functions and word categories in the following sentences
a very handsome man is standing near the gate quietly
the mother gave her baby much milk
the girl living next to my new friend takes the bus at ten
question4 insert a ,an ,the where necessary
at every corner there used to be ......policeman who controlled......traffic,but now there is ......automatic traffic signal which does .....work
I wanted a holiday but didn't know whether to go on ......clinbing holiday in the highlands of......scotland or for ......sea voyage in.....mrditerranean sea