Enghlish grammar and other exam notes

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU The Lake Isle of innisfree Yeats makes a decision at the beginning of this poem. He says, 'I will arise and go now.' He has decided to make the break from modern society and all of the hectic madness it can bring and go to a place he loves, Innisfree. Yeats then describes Innisfree. He decides to build a cabin of clay and 'wattles' to live in. Wattles are strong sticks that interweave to form a structure. He imagines his garden with exactly nine rows for growing beans, and he wants to have a beehive for honey. He then will live by himself in the 'bee-loud glade.' Here Yeats wonderfully expresses that all he will hear is the loud drone of bees, not the drone of civilization. The next line is really the crux of what Yeats longs for in Innisfree - peace. By saying that 'peace comes dropping slow,' Yeats continues to let us know that from the time the morning dawns until evening ...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER   Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU   The Third Level Objective Question Q1- Who is the author of The Third Level? A)George Orwell B) Agatha Christie C) James Joyce D) Jack Finney   Q2- What was Jack’s full name? A) Walter Braden Jack Finey B) Stephen Jone Jack C) Ray Douglas Bradbury D) None   Q3- Why was the author renamed? A) to change his name B) Priest’s suggestion C) to honor his mother D) as an honor to his father   Q4- What are the author’s best known works? A) English and Science fiction B) Science and history fiction C) Science fiction and nature D) Science fiction and thrillers   Q5- What is the meaning of ‘Waking dream wish fulfillment"? A) a pleasant wish that makes one forget the present B) a pleasant wish that takes one to the future C) A pleasant wish...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Ode to Simplicity The poem Ode to Simplicity was written by   Collins, who is one of the transitional poets like Blake, Cowper, etc. They were also called precursors of Romantic poets because they opposed the writing style and themes of Neo classical age and wanted to write for and about humble folks, about nature. In this poem also, Collins has addressed the simplicity of nature, and is admiring the simplicity, and genuine love of nature. He calls nature as his muse and has personified simplicity.The poet requests her to inspire him in his poetry. He says that simplicity is dressed not in the loose silken gowns for external decorations but is dressed as a hermit and yet is genuinely beautiful. And more so he wants his poetry to be simple and humble like her so that it could reach the humble folks. In the first two stanzas, the poet invokes the spirit of Simplicity. In the third and fourth s...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Our Lady ‘S Juggler Paper Viii   Our Lady's Juggler" is the story of Barnaby, who gave up his juggling trade to become a monk but was saddened by his inability to contribute to the artistic and literary life of the monastery. Barnaby decided to offer his juggling talent to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, and her statue came to life for him. The story is a short parable recommending the virtues of humble simplicity. Life as a juggler was difficult for Barnaby, as he traveled from town to town in France. Barnaby is described as a humble man of God, who suffers cold weather and other problems with patience and gratitude for what he has. One day, Barnaby met a monk, who explained to him that the monastic life was devoted entirely to praise of God and Our Lady. Barnaby told the monk that he would gladly forsake his juggling trade for this life of devotion. The monk was touched by Barnaby's simple fai...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Tess Of d’Urbervilles Paper Viii Tess of the d’Urbervilles ,  novel  by  Thomas Hardy , first published serially in bowdlerized form in the  Graphic  (July—December 1891) and in its entirety in book form (three volumes) the same year. It was subtitled  A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented  because Hardy felt that its heroine was a virtuous victim of a rigid Victorian  moral  code. Now considered Hardy’s masterwork, it departed from conventional Victorian fiction in its focus on the rural lower class and in its open treatment of  sexuality  and  religion After her impoverished family learns of its noble lineage, naive  Tess Durbeyfield  is sent by her slothful father and ignorant mother to make an appeal to a nearby wealthy family who bear the ancestral name d’Urberville. Tess, attractive and innocent, is seduced by dissolute Alec d’Urber...