IGNOU BA/BDP EEG-01/BEGE-101 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT 2017-18

IGNOU BA/BDP EEG-01/BEGE-101 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT 2017-18

IGNOU BA/BDP BEGE-107 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION 2017-18

1a

How is Amalkanti’s dream different from that of the other boys in the class? What does it tell us about him?  (2 marks)

1b

What do you think is the speaker's attitude towards Amalkanti: full of pity, critical or sympathetic? Why? Pick out the lines to support your answer.  (3 marks)

1c

The tone of the speaker in the first three stanzas of the poem is confident and amused but the tone in lines 12-17 and the last stanza of the poem changes. Does it become:                 

i.  surprised/full of wonder? 

ii. appreciation?  

iii.  lyrical?          Give reasons for your answer.   (2 marks)

1d

Do you think Amalkanti is a failure? Why/Why not? Pick out the appropriate lines. (3 marks)

2a

Pick out the literary devices from the following sentences. Indicate what type they are (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, euphemism and metonymy):      (10 marks)

i.                 Blow, blow thou winter wind

              Thou art not so unkind

             As man’s ingratitude.

ii.  I will write a letter to his mother that will open her eyes as wide as a gate.

iii.  In supporting Mussolini she found she had backed the wrong horse.  

iv. The catch of herrings lay like a pool of quick-silver.

v.  The cynical indifference of the sea to the merits of human suffering and courage, revolted me.  

vi.  Screams of horror rent the very air.

vii.  He has just completed six months as the guest of The State and is now released.

viii.  Take out your Shakespeare.

ix.  Life is the greatest teacher of all.

x.  Kindly address your remarks to the Chair.

2b.  Find appropriate homophones of the following. One is done for you: 

(5 marks)               

throne -    thrown

died, great, gate, bale, heard

2c Give the meaning of the following idioms:  (5 marks)            

i.             to beat a retreat

ii.           to stick to one’s guns

iii.         to steal a march on

iv.         to bare the brunt of

v.           to know which way the wind blows

3a. The words below have a literal as well as an extended meaning. Write the literal meaning of the words. Use the following words in sentences of your own using the ‘extended’ meaning.    (5+5 marks)           

  angry        train         mouth    break     brain

3b. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words from the list given below: (5 marks)        

 diary, dairy; quiet, quite; profit, prophet; patrol, petrol, desert, dessert

i.              Cow’s milk is sold at this -------------

ii.             He likes ------------ surroundings. 

iii.           The company has made no ----------- this year.

iv.           The price of ----------- has gone up.

v.                             was served soon after the dinner. 

3c. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles a/the.  (5 marks)              

Last year we went on     trekking-holiday near Madurai. While there, we set out to climb        highest hill. We borrowed      map from some fellow trekkers. They told us to follow         routes marked on       map.

 4. What is irony? How is it different from satire and paradox? Give appropriate examples to illustrate your answer.    (20 marks)

Answer:

5a. Replace the underlined words in the sentences by a phrasal verb from the box. You may change the form of the phrasal verb, if need be. There is one extra phrasal verb. (5 marks)                 

 [ cut down     found out     turn down      back out    carry out    put out ]

i  We really should reduce expenses if the play is to make a profit.

ii  The actors will have to obey the director’s instructions faithfully.

iii  Meera refused our offer to make her the star.

Iv  She had promised to act in the play, but she withdrew later.

v   This was when she discovered that she had been cast as an alien from   outer space.

5b Make a sentence with the following words to bring out the difference between them:  (5 marks)  

 friend,     colleague,            ally,  acquaintance,   associate

5c Rewrite the following sentences using a polite structure. Context/situation is given in brackets:  (10 marks)

i  Bring all documents to the office. (for the meeting) 

ii  I can’t come on time. (to the teacher)

iii Open the window. (to a stranger in the train).

iv Pass the salt. (to a guest)

v Gift wrap this for me. (to the shopkeeper)

vi.  Send me mail on this. (to a junior colleague at work)

vii Lend me your camera for a day. (to your friend)

viii Give me some notes on this topic. (to your teacher)

ix Buy me a drink.  (to a colleague)

x What’s your name? (to a new colleague)

6.  Write a note on repetition as a rhetorical device, giving at least five examples from prose, poetry or drama. (10 marks)

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