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Kakatiya University 2023-2024 CBCS General English Syllabus I Year (Sem I ) for B.A/ B. Sc/ B. Com  Title: English for Advancement published by Orient Black Swan.  ( Total hours of instruction 4 per week)  Semester I -  Credits 4 UNIT 1. Text :- An Astrologer''s Day by R.K.Narayan Grammar:- Nouns, Pronouns Vocabulary:- Word Roots Pronunciation:- Consonant Sounds Reading Comprehension:- Hazards of Food Colouring.  Language Skills-Types  of Listening Soft  Skills:- Motivation and goal setting UNIT 2 Prose:-OF STUDIES by Francis Bacon Grammar :- Adjectives Vocabulary:- Funny side of English Reading Comprehension:- PLEASURES OF IGNORANCE by ROBERT LYND Pronunciation:- Vowel Sounds Language Skills:- CONVERSATION SKILLS Soft Skills:-Time Management UNIT 3 Poetry:-Poison Tree by William Blake Grammar :- Adverbs Vocabulary:-  commonly misspelt words Reading Comprehension- Values in life by Rudyard Kipling Pronunciation:- Phonetic Transcription.  Sof...

Kakatiya University Warangal-  Degree General English-      Semester 1-unit 3 A Poison Tree  William Blake   I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears,  Night and morning with my tears, And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright, And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine,-- And into my garden stole When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning, glad, I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree. About the author William Blake (1757–1827) was born in England. He belonged to the Romantic period. He was a painter, printmaker, and poet. He is well known for his lyrical poems, "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience." Blake remained very close to his mother and wrote a lot of poetry about her. Poems such as Cradle Song illustrate Blake’s fond memories of ...

          KU Warangal-    Degree English-   Sem 1-unit 1.                                        & Telangana University Nizamabad Sem 3 - Lesson 1 AKNU Rajamahendravaram Sem 2.Unit.V Non detailed Text An Astrologer's Day  Examine the theme of light in An Astrologer's Day  story.? ( KU 2023)  About the author   R.K. Narayan (1906–1901) is one of the greatest Indian English novelists. He published fifteen novels and more than two hundred short stories. His subtle irony, gentle humor, Indianness, and lucid narrative style captivate the readers. He created his characters in a fictional town called 'Malgudi'. He was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for the novel ‘The Guide’.    About the story An Astrologer's Day is a short story about a person who has run away from his village to escape from the law a...

  Kakatiya University Warangal-  Degree General English-      Semester 5-unit 1. SRR GASC Karimnagar-BCA Sem 2 Grammar- Paragraph Writing Exercises from text book.  Describe the following hints into paragraph of your own. Write out the complete paragraphs in your exercise book. Give an appropriate title to each paragraph.  Q.  1. enjoy fiction most-novels and short stories-love romances and thrillers-long hours reading science fiction not interesting-dull-also enjoy travelogues, biographies, real-life adventures-read newspapers, magazines regularly to keep myself informed- to pass time when no new book.  Answer :- Book Reading I enjoy reading fiction in my leisure time. I find pleasure reading novels and short stories, especially with love romances and thrilling tales. While science fiction often falls short of capturing my interest with its dullness, I find equal pleasure in exploring the beauty of landscapes painted by travelogues, biograph...

Kakatiya University Warangal-  Degree General English-         Semester 5-unit 3   Sonnets are full of love Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall be One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home, To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome; Whose service is my special dignity, And she my loadstar while I go and come And so because you love me, and because I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name: In you not fourscore years can dim the flame Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws Of time and change and mortal life and death. Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina  Rossetti, pseudonym Ellen Alleyne, was born on December 5, 1830, in London. In 1862, Christina published Goblin Market and Other Poems. She wrote this sonnet expressing her love for her mother, Francis Piludori. He...

Osmania University Degree Sem 4 - Unit 6 Additional Reading Kakatiya University Warangal- Degree General English- Sem 5- unit 3 Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions https://theconversation.com/an-anthropologist-explains-why-we-love-holiday-rituals-and-traditions Dimitris Xygalatas Questions:- 1) what positive effects do holiday traditions and rituals have on people? 2) write a short note on each of the following ? a) the relation of memory to tradition and ritual b) the significance of preparing and sharing a feast C) holiday gift giving About the author Dimitris Xygalatas is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He has spent several years studying rituals in various parts of the world, (Greece, Bulgaria, Spain and Mauritius),combining ethnographic observations with scientific experiments. He has published over 100 articles. His latest book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2022), focus...

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  Kakatiya University Warangal- Degree General English- Sem 5- unit 2 When Cities were Nature's Heaven  Harini Nagendra About the author Harini Nagendra is an Indian ecologist from Bangalore. Nagendra did her PhD in 1997 from the Indian Institute of Science in Ecological Sciences. Her research focuses on issues of biodiversity, ecology and development, and urban sustainability. Her well-known book is Nature in the City: Banglore in the Past, Present, and Future (2016). She also co-authored the book " Cities and Canopies : Trees of Indian Cities” (2019) with Seema Mundoli. About the text She digs into Bengaluru’s past ecological history, beginning in the sixth century CE, in her well-researched book Nature in the City: Banglore in the Past, Present, and Future (2016). The book elaborates on how the dwellers in the Garden City (Bengaluru/Bangalore) understand that nature and cities can coexist and constantly try to preserve lakes and trees. Nagendra examines the transformati...

Satavahana University, Karimnagar All Semesters English all Question Papers SU Degree English sem 2 (R -20) JUNE 2024 Degree General English Sem 5  paper CBCS(R-19) 2022 SATAVAHANA UNIVERSITY                                                     GENERAL ENGLISH PAPER                                                             CBCS – 2021-2022 (B.A./B.Sc./B.Com./ B.B.A./ B.A.(L) (V Semester) Examination Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80 Note: Attempt All the Questions in a SERIAL ORDER. SECTION – A (Marks: 4 X 5 = 20) Q1. Answer any FOUR of the following:           1. Study the following picture and write a paragraph describing it. 5x1 = 5 2....