CLASS – XII ENGLISH CORE [Time : 3.0 hrs.] [M. M.: 100] __________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Instructions : (i) This paper is divided into three sections: A‚ B‚ and C. All the sections are compulsory. (ii) Separate instructions are given with each section
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bit nervous and curious‚ I feel like I am not ready for university yet. Time flies so fast. A: Hmmm‚ may I ask why? B: Well if you want to know. Going to a British University‚ where you need to speak in English fluently is difficult for me. It is easy for you because your first language is English and you come from UK‚ while my first language is Malay as I come from Malaysia. My language skills are not sufficient to embark on a university degree. A: There’s no need to worry about that. This university
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I had never thought about how I approached the act of writing and what I felt about writing before coming to this class. I always tried my best to follow the guidelines and wrote typical essays with introduction‚ body paragraphs‚ and conclusion. English 1102 gave me the liberty and occasion to understand the purpose of writing and my feelings on writing. I have come to a realization this semester that I dislike academic papers because they restrict my thoughts and creativity. I like writing papers
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English conservatism‚ which was called Toryism‚ emerged during the Restoration (1660–1688). It supported a hierarchical society with a monarch who ruled by divine right. However the Glorious Revolution (1688 ‚ which established constitutional government‚ led to a reformulation of Toryism which now considered sovereignty vested in the three estates of Crown‚ Lords‚ and Commons.[7])‚ Conservatism developed in Restoration England from royalism. Royalists supported absolute monarchy‚ arguing that
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Chaucer and mother name was Agnes Copton Geoffrey Chaucer was died in 25 October 1400 his age 56–57 years. His occupation was Author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ bureaucrat‚ diplomat He is known as the Father of English Poetry and English literature‚ He is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to have been buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his life time as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing
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people both on opposite ends of the age spectrum‚ young children and the elderly seem to try and use too many ‘shortcut’ devices‚ and often make the text unreadable. However‚ teenagers tend to drop these habits and instead write out in almost perfect English‚ perhaps lacking punctuation and completely correct grammar‚ but easily understandable for anyone. However‚ not all members of the elderly population are completely alien and against texting and the possibilities it brings. Descriptivists such as
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1.0 Introduction The presence and use of borrowed words and discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) have been widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population
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International Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever Communicator Vincent Smidowicz Bridget Bloom Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever/Communicator Introduction This booklet provides a taster of the new support materials created for Spoken ESOL. All the sample exercises included here have been selected from Book 2‚ which covers the Achiever and Communicator levels. This new and important resource (see Key features) is designed both to help
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The English Patient Commentary Page 136-137 This key passage is from Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient‚ found in the first few pages of chapter four. Before‚ this passage‚ Hana is sitting beside Almasy while he begins to describe his first expedition in the deserts in the 1930s. After‚ Almasy explained how he came to hate nations‚ but was attached to the desert as it could not be claimed or own. The passage between reinforces the idea that identity is not fixed‚ it changes over time as people
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Identity Crisis in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient Lerzan Gültekin Atılım University in Ankara‚ Turkey lerzan_gultekin@atilim.edu.tr Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze identity crisis in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient from a postcolonial perspective through the concept of nationalism and national identity‚ emphasizing cultural‚ psychological and physical displacement due to colonization‚ travelling‚ exploration and space / place (cartography)‚ referring to the theories
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