I BA English - Grammar Class - log:

Seminar Topics:
Shannon - Tense, subject/predicate
Bijoy - Nouns
Judith - Figures of Speech
Bernadette Florence - Active and Passive
Sajeev - Adjectives and Adverbs
Tinku - Verbs

General Course - Updates:

II Hr:
Each group has been asked to choose a topic for seminar. Other groups will ask questions based on the theme chosen.
Taught the analysis of a text with the help of rhetorical devices.
LABELS, HEADINGS and MESSAGES - the difference.
Label - word/word cluster indicating the nature of the thing to which it is attached.
Heading - what the header material is about. (Letter Writing, English Architecture etc)
Messages - Containst two items et al.
Vocab: disheveled - untidy
a baffling problem - puzzling
lenient - not strict
repulsive - disgusting
audacious attempt - bold
parry a blow - ward off
incredible story - unbelievable
indefatigable worker - tireless
clandestine meeting - secret

Part II English - I BSc Phy/Chem - Web log:

I Hr:
Discussed 'Daffodils' in class.
Gave the important figures of speech needed to analyse a text -
Style/Symbol/Pun/Paradox/Antithesis/Sign/Metaphor/Simile/Language et al.
Content:
Who is addressed?
What kind of time and place is the poem set in?
What's the message of the poem?
What's the tone of the poem? is it serious/reflective/ironic/satirical?
What type of peom is it - lyrical/pastoral/epic/narrative/descriptive etc?
Form: Any set pattern or layout - like Ballad, sonnet etc.
Metre: Stress, Pattern, rhyme scheme, rhythm, alliteration, assonace, end rhyme etc.