KU Degree English Sem 1 Syllabus & model paper

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. 

Soft Skills::- Emotional intelligence and Social Consciousness

Unit 4

Play :- Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory

Grammar:- Verbs

Pronunciation:- Intonation

Reading Comprehension:- Hazart Urus

Language Skills:- JAM

A Poison Tree Poem by William Blake

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 his upbringing by his mother. 

About the poem

 The poem has 4 stanzas with ABAB rhyme scheme, and each stanza has a quatrain i.e. four lines. The poem was published in his collection of Songs Of Experience in the year 1794. The poem is in the first person. The poet is the speaker in the poem. In first stanza the last word of line 1 'friend' rhymes with 'end' in the second line. (AA). In the same way third- and fourth-line end with ‘foe’ and ‘grow’ (BB) that make perfect rhyming (AABB).  Anger and revenge are the major themes of the poem. The poem presents the dangers of suppressing, or nurturing anger. The speaker speaks about how his nourished wrath leads to death of his foe. Failing to communicate our wrath makes a man poisonous. 

The speaker gives two different situations in which he shows anger. In the first two lines,

             "I was angry with my friend:

               I told my wrath, my wrath did end".

He was angry with his friend, but the anger soon calmed down when he told him about his wrath. "I was angry with my foe; I told it not; my wrath did grow."  However, when he felt anger towards his enemy, he refrained from expressing it and remained silent. The speaker communicated his anger with his friend properly, so his anger calmed down. By keeping or nourishing extreme anger within himself, it grew more. Tree symbolises his wrath and anger, whereas, “garden” is the symbol of the heart, where hatred is nurtured.

The poet uses extended metaphor to describe the speaker's anger as a growing tree. The anger grew like a tree, day by day. He watered that tree/anger in his garden/mind, thinking and crying about his enemy day and night. The speaker cultivated the tree/anger. He also nurtured false satiric smiles. The tree bore a poisonous, bright apple fruit. The apple's shine serves to lure the enemy. Even with the knowledge that it is the speaker's property, the enemy steals it from his garden. In Genesis, the apple is the forbidden fruit. Eve was tempted by the apple, despite the divine warning against it.

At night, the enemy crept stealthily into his garden to steal it. The next morning, the speaker is happy to see his enemy lying dead under the tree. His enemy died eating the poisonous fruit.

The poet asserts that suppressing or holding our anger only intensifies it. If we speak about or discuss our anger with another person, we can overcome it easily. .

Glossary

Wrath- extreme anger

Foe- enemy

watered it in fears- figurative language which suggests the poet kept his anger alive by thinking about his fears.

Deceitful- deceiving

Annotation from the poem

An Astrologer's Day - R. K. Narayan

          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 and settled as an astrologer. The story begins with the description of an astrologer sitting under a tamarind tree at a busy market in the town. 

He punctually arrives at midday with his professional equipment consisting of cowrie shells, a cloth with mystic charts, and a bundle of Palmyra writing. 

He wears a saffron-coloured turban around his head and puts ash and vermilion on his forehead. He transacts his business even after the sunset because of the light emanating from a groundnut heap nearby. Half of the market area doesn't have municipal lights, but it is lit up by shop lights. He never thought of becoming an astrologer. Had he not left the village, he would have carried out his forefather's work. i.e., tilling the land. 

He packs his bags as the lights are being put out. The astrologer sees a possible client and invites him to sit and chat for a while to get to know his future. Being skeptical, the stranger challenges the astrologer to answer his questions. The stranger takes out an anna and demands anna with interest amount if he proves him bluffing. After a little further argument, a deal is fixed for sixteen annas. 

The astrologer sees his face and is filled with fear when the man lights a cigar. The astrologer tries to leave the place, giving some false excuses, but the man insists he must face his challenge. The astrologer reveals to the man that he knows he was once stabbed and left for dead, and that now he is here searching for his attacker. He even reveals the stranger's name, Guru Nayak. In the darkness, Guru Nayak cannot see the astrologer’s face. The astrologer bluffs him, saying his assailant is crushed under a lorry, and warns him not to travel southward again. Guru Nayak leaves the place, giving the astrologer a handful of coins. After reaching home, the astrologer tells his wife that he had run away from home in his teenage years after believing he had committed Guru Nayak's murder. He was the one who pushed Nayak down the well and left him to die during a drunken brawl in their village. Today he sees Guru Nayak alive and feels happy that he doesn't need to live as a murderer.

Glossary

Astrologer= someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon. 

anna= outdated Indian currency worth one-sixteenth a rupee. 

cowrie shells= small sea spell

Palmyra writing- writing on palm trees.

vermilion- a bright red colour.

Paragraph Writing

 

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, biographies, and real-life adventures.To gain knowledge, I regularly read newspapers and magazines. When there is a dearth of new books to explore, these publications keep me informed,allowing me to pass the time

Q. 2) Internet-transformed society fundamentally-originally US military communication network-1980s-used by academics, government technologists-now, worldwide network-variety of purposes-communication-information-entertainment-used by everyone-reshaped society-altered lifestyle. 

Answer.

                Internet Revolution

The internet has fundamentally transformed society since its invention and it is developed by US military communication network. Initially developed in the 1980s for academic and government technologists. Now it has grown into a worldwide network serving a variety of purposes. Internet is used for communication, information access, and entertainment purpose, utilized by everyone.The internet has not only reshaped society but also altered our lifestyles, becoming an integral part of our daily life. 

Q. 3) Where there's a will there's a way-resolution overcomes obstacles-half the battle- all walks of life-determination surest way to success-difficulties disappear-life of Napoleon-body and mind into goals-Alps stood in way of his armies-"There shall be no Alps-road was made-heights previously inaccessible-'Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools'-resolution a condition of success-beware of mistaking undisciplined energy for firmness and self-command.

Answer

Success demands Resolution

 "Where there's a will, there's a way", a famous adage, is a timeless truth. Resolution is the force that overcomes obstacles. Having a strong will means winning half of the battle. This principle applies to all walks of life, as determination proves to be the surest way to success. The life of Napoleon, king of France,is an example of strong will and determination. He used both his body and mind to achieve his goals. When the Alps stood as an obstacle to his armies, he declared, "There shall be no Alps." A road was made through heights that were previously inaccessible. His undauntable courage and determination show that "impossible" is a word found only in the dictionary of fools. Success demands resolution, but be careful against mistaking undisciplined energy for firmness and self-command.

Q.4.One day I was travelling by train saw a man - gazed at each other for some time - 1 wanted to ask something - he too - both are silent-one hour - journey - getting down - identified - neighbour.

Q.5.In the early morning - a poor fisherman went to a river – cast his net - got some pebbles - tried sometimes - no happy - sun rising - highly disappointed – throws the pebbles in it

 

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Sonnets are full of love by Christina Rossetti

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. Her Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome was published in the anthology A Pageant and Other Poems (1881). 

Her book has many sonnets, and this poem is an addition to those love sonnets. The poem celebrates precious mothers' love. It is written eulogizing her mother's unconditional and reciprocal love for her. It was a gift to her mother's 80th birthday. 

The poet comments that she learned wisdom and traditional knowledge with ease from her mother. She considers her mother her first love, and her heart is home for her. Service to her mother is her primary duty filled with dignity. She compares her mother to a loadstar, as she guides and shows a right path to her. She with love weavs a wreath of rhymes to crown her. Her love for her mother is never ending and the flame of love never goes off or becomes dim, even though she reached her eighties. Her mother's love is eternal and continues even after death. 

Sonnet=Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. 

Tome=a book

Lore=traditional knowledge and stories about a subject. 

Loadstar=guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy.

Fourscore=eighty

Transcend=to go beyond or rise above a limit, or be greater than something ordinary, to surpass. 

Wreath= an arrangement of flowers and leaves in a circular shape, used as a decoration

Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions

Kakatiya University Warangal- Degree General English- Sem 5- unit 3

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 sharingca 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), focuses on the ability of rituals to soothe, excite, unite and divide us.

About the text

The writer speaks about the positive effects holiday traditions and rituals have on people. Communities have some specific rituals and traditions that bind the people together. Rituals during personal celebrations like birthdays, weddings, and religious holidays like Christmas or Hanukkah create memorable moments in our lives. 

  Holiday rituals make us feel good. They help us put our everyday worries aside and set aside time to spend with our loved ones. Holidays are filled with family get-togethers, rituals, and many other things that make us smile. Family rituals are valuable and provide various psychological benefits, like connecting with our loved ones and a break from routine.

The writer describes some of the psychological benefits of holiday rituals in our lives.

i)An anxiety buffer-They reduce the stress and anxiety

ii) Happy meals-festive meals/ special meals bring the entire family or community together.

iii)Sharing is Caring-;maintaining social ties by sharing gifts during holiday period

iv) The stuff family is made of -Strengthen family ties.

i) An anxiety buffer

Dimitris argues that laboratory experiments and field studies show that repetitive actions involved in rituals can lessen our anxiety. People enjoy leaving their worries behind during holiday gatherings. The holidays give us a sense of security that reduces stress and anxiety in everyday life.

ii) Festive meals

Sharing a festive meal brings the entire family together around the table and gives room for conversation and connection. 

Many cultures have elaborate rituals related to how food is cooked, served, or eaten. Dimitris gives some examples of rituals related to food. In Jewish tradition, food is prepared as per their specific rules (kosher). In parts of the Middle East and India, only the right hand must be used for eating. A commonly held superstition in many European countries, such as France and Germany, is that they suffer through seven years of 'bad sex' if they break eye contact during toast-making. Research shows that performing a ritual before a meal makes it tastier, and the labor involved in cooking food enhances the practice of cooking.

iii) Sharing is caring.

The writer urges us not to underestimate the importance of exchanging gifts. Anthropologists observed that the ritualised gift- giving plays an important role in maintaining relationships.

iv) The stuff family is made of

The holiday rituals keep the family united especially distant relatives.

According to his research, participating in group rituals develops a sense of belonging. Holiday customs are significant to children because studies show that children who participate in group rituals form deep bonds with their friends.

According to Kahneman's research, when we examine our past experiences, we prefer to remember the greatest and final moments, paying little attention to everything else. This is referred to as the peak-end rule. 

Glossary

1) Kosher=The rules of kosher define what a Jewish person is allowed to eat, how they must prepare certain foods, and what foods they are allowed to combine with other foods.

2) buffer=something that reduces the impact of something else

3) Hanukkah= an eight day Jewish holiday

4) anxiety= feeling of worry.

5) Kahneman= Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel laureate. 

 

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When Cities were Nature's Heaven - Harini Nagendra

 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 transformation of the city into a metropolitan city (India's IT hub) with traffic congestion, diminishing lakes, skyrocketing buildings, and the act of cutting trees in the name of road widening and urban development.

She demonstrates that the inscriptions on stone and copper plates show that early residents had a close relationship with nature and maintained a three dimensional landscape consisting of the lakes, the surrounding irrigated and dry land, the  wells above and the trees below. 

1.Declining sources of water.

Nagendra gives a detailed account of open wells and lakes, especially talking about the Sampangi Lake transformation, which was once used to supply water to Bangalore and is now made into a sports stadium. Lake was worshiped as goddess, and rituals were celebrated during the monsoon. These sacred lakes began to decay and were polluted with sewage and garbage when water was supplied through pipelines.

Early residents focused not only on water but also on greenery. Each settlement was greened with a gundathope, a small plot of land planted with fruiting trees, jackfruit, mango, and tamarind.

2.Soaring temperatures and rising air pollution

The relationship between nature and dwellers began to weaken in the 21st century. Trees were felled for roads and other development projects. Citizens realized the connection between fewer trees and the soaring temperature as the city became hotter.

3.Social media to the rescue.

In the 21st century, Honnamma Govindayya, a 90-year-old woman, fought against real estate developers to protect a local park and won the case in the Supreme Court. Citizens' protests forced the government to withdraw its decision to build a steel flyover, which would have destroyed thousands of trees. These movements are supported by social media.

For the future, one can learn from Bangalore, which has successfully overcome the effects of such unbalanced urban planning.

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Degree General English Sem 5  paper CBCS(R-19) 2022

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                                                          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. Transfer the information given in the flow chart of Ghee preparation by a Food Processing company to a text or paragraph 5x1 = 5

3. Write a dialogue of two friends talking about their Hobbies of Book Reading and Listening Music 5x1 = 5

4. Write a telephonic conversation of Inquiry of a passenger with the Railway Enquiry Clerk of Secunderabad Railway station about train timings to Chennai. 5x1 = 5

5. Read the following comprehension passage and answer the given questions in a word or two 5x1 = 5

 Coronaviruses are zoonotic. That means they had been in animals and then leaped to people. Such diseases may reach people when those animals are handled, kept as pets or prepared to be eaten. In the case of SARS-CoV-2, experts suspect bushmeat — wild animals eaten as human food — may be the initial source.Current data suggest that the virus made the leap from animals to people just once. Since then, it has been spreading from person to person. Bats are known to host many coronaviruses. In most cases, however, they don’t pass the virus directly on to people. SARS probably first jumped from bats into raccoon dogs or palm civets before making the leap to humans. (People in Asia sometimes eat civets, bats and other animals.) A paper published January 22 in the Journal of Medical Virology suggests that parts of the new coronavirus appear to have come from bat coronaviruses — but that snakes then may have passed the virus to people. Many virologists, however, doubt they are skeptical of that. Other analyses have proposed that unusual mammals known as pangolins might be the source.

1. Why is Coronavirus called Zoonotic?

2. How do they reach people?

3. Which animal hosts many Coronaviruses in general?

4. What might be the different sources of the virus as per the passage?

5. Infer the meaning of the word SKEPTICAL from the passage.

6. Read the following comprehension passage and answer the given questions in a word

     or two 5x1 = 5

If you ever go to Kanyakumari, remember to pay a visit to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, which is a monument of great historical significance. The memorial stands tall and majestic on the island rock projecting from the ever-turbulent sea waters. It is a wonderful structure constructed in memory of Swami Vivekanada’s arrival in Kanyakumari. The great saint and philosopher and icon of the Indian youth Swami Vivekananda visited Kanyakumari in 1982. He stayed on one of the two natural rock projections and meditated deeply before he left for the United States to

participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Here, Swami had visions of Goddess Parvathi and he went on to become a guiding force for millions of Indians. The memorial, which is an initiative of the Vivekananda Memorial Trust, came into existence in 1970. It is today one of the most-visited tourist spots thronged by visitors from all over the world. The memorial is not only a historically prominent landmark, but it is also an architectural wonder. The memorial is located half a kilometer from the mainland and can be reached in 15 minutes by boat.

1. Where is the Vivekananda Rock Memorial built ?

2. How far is the memorial located from the land ?

3. When was the memorial built ?

4. Swami Vivekananda meditated on the rock after coming back from the US. (True / False)

5. Which word in the passage means ‘magnificent’ ?

 SECTION -- B (Marks-60)

Answer All Questions. Attempt A or B

    

Q.2. A. Write your Statement of Purpose that describes your academic interests, 

             purpose, objectives and motivation in undertaking admission to M.S in UK

             at reputed Cambridge University, London. 1x10=10

 OR

        B. Write a letter of application to the principal of your lnstitution for issuing 

            your Bonafide Certificate .        

Q.3 .A. Write your Resume or CV to apply for the post of a Librarian in a university 1x10=10

  

                                            OR

       B. Prepare a Speech on the topic of Environmental Pollution.      

 

Q.4. Attempt ANY TWO essay questions 2x10=20

1. What are the common factors that prove the oneness of all religious doctrines in

     Swami Vivekananda’s speech on 11 September 1893?

2. What are the views of Dr.Abdul Kalam about strengthening our motherland?

3. Explain how Savitribai Phule faced hardships in her quest to educatie girls.

    

Q.5.Attempt ANY FOUR short answer questions 4x 5=20 

1. How did Swami Vivekananda open his famous speech?

2. What is the doctrine of the Gita according to Swami Vivekananda?

3. What should Indians do to strenghen the country?

4. What was Dr.Kalam’s fourth bliss?

5. What did Savitribhai Phule do for the cause of young widows and forlorn children? 

 

6. What did you learn about Savitribhai Phule from the unfortunate events that led to her death?       

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