LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH (****}

FOURTHSEMESTER – APRIL 2018
16UEL4GE06/4059- RESUME

Date: 18-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks

Time: 09:00-12:00

I.ANSWER ANY TEN OF THE FOLLOWING IN 75 WORDS EACH: (10X3=30)

1. What does the author mean by “first wreck” in “Please, Dad”?

2. Explain Johnsy’s fancy regarding the leaves of the Ivy vine?
3. Mention the short story recommended by Deborah Treisman of Alice Munro?
4. How did Shaku’s mother address Naja and how did she feel?
5. Who is Akhilu in the story “Live 8”?
6. What is the meaning of the phrase “not move our arms so much” in the poem “Keeping
Quiet”?
7. Why did the foetus feel uncomfortable in “KausarBano’s Unborn Daughter”?
8. What happened to the daughter in the story “It was Dark”?
9. What did the parakeet say in the poem “Dowry Deaths”?
10. Write about Yashodhara’sSiddharth?
11. Who is called as an Aborigine?
12. Who were rescued in the poem “Chorus of the Rescued”?

II. ANSWER ANY FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING IN 300 WORDS EACH: (4X10=40)

13. Discuss the theme of the story in “The Last Leaf”?

14. Narrate the yearnings of Naja in the story “Naja goes to School- And Doesn’t”?
15. Explain the hardships of Yashodhara?
16. Critically analyse the poem “My Tibetaness”?
17. Do you feel Chaplin’s Speech is relevant today? Discuss.
III. Attempt a Cinquain poem on the topic “Tamil Nadu.” (5 MARKS)

IV. REWRITE AS DIRECTED: (15 MARKS)

1. The young mother with her child _______ (wants/ want) to get on the bus. (Choose the correct answer)
2. April is the ____ (forth/ fourth) month. (Choose the correct answer)
3. She ______(new/knew) the capitals of every state. (Choose the correct answer)
4. __________is sweeter than honey? (Use an Interrogative Pronoun)

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 5. The letter _______you wrote never arrived. (Use a Relative Pronoun)
6. We searched everywhere trying to ______(find/fined) our lost bag.(Choose the correct answer)
7. Did you bring __________ Umbrella?( Use a suitable article)
8. How do we say “When someone is selfish” (Use a metaphor)
9. He feels ______ home. (Use a Preposition)
10. How can we say when “a baby is pretty” (Use a Simile)
11. The wind whispered through the dark forest.
What is being personified?
Which human trait or quality is given?
12. It is a/an ________book(Use an Adjective)
13. It is a RelocationCentre.(Give the meaning of the Underlined Euphemism)
14. She shouted _________(Use an Adverb)
15. The file are kept in a random __________(Use an Oxymoron)

V. OBSERVE THE PICTURE AND WRITE TEN SENTENCES (10 MARKS)

Write Ten Sentences about Dowry System (For the Visually Challenged Students)

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