Topics

1. Growing Up
2. Multiethnic Britain
3. The Blue Planet
4. Making a Difference: People Shaping the World
5. Intercultural Encounters Abroad

Figures of Speech

English Composition I

1. Analysis of Simple Sentences
   • Subject and Predicate
     • Simple Subject and Simple Predicate
     • Subjective Complement
     • Adverbial Qualification
     • Predicative Adjective and Predicative Noun
     • Direct Object and Indirect Object
     • Objective Complement
   • Phrases
     • Adjective Phrases
     • Adverb Phrases
     • Noun Phrases
   • Clauses
     • Adverb Clauses
     • Adjective Clauses
     • Noun Clauses
   • Sentences
     • Simple Sentence and Compound Sentence
     • Subordinate Clause
     • Complex Sentence
     • Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses and Adverb Clauses
     • Conversion of Simple Sentences to Compound Sentences
     • Conversion of Compound Sentences to Simple Sentences
     • Conversion of Simple Sentences to Complex Sentences
     • Conversion of Complex Sentences to Simple Sentences
     • Conversion of Complex Sentences to Compound Sentences
     • Synthesis of Sentences
     • Sequence of Tenses
   • Direct and Indirect Speech
     • Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
     • Questions, Commands and Requests; Exclamations and Wishes
     • Conversion of Indirect into Direct
   • Idioms and Collocations

English Composition II

1. Paragraph-Writing
2. Story-Writing
3. Reproduction of a Story-Poem
4. Letter-Writing
   • The Heading
   • Salutation
   • Body of the Letter
   • The Subscription
   • The Signature
   • The Superscription
5. Classification of Letters
   • Friendly Letters
   • Invitations
   • Business Letters
   • Letters of Application
   • Official Letters
   • Letters to Newspapers
6. Precis-Writing
   • Uses of Precis-Writing
   • The Art of Compression
   • Usage of Indirect Speech
   • Revision
7. Expansion of Passages
8. Essay-Writing
   • Unity, Order, Brevity and Style
   • The Personal Touch
   • Paragraphs
   • Structure of an Essay
   • The Introduction
   • The Body of the Essay
   • The Conclusion
9. Essays
   • Reflective Essays
   • Narrative Essays
   • Descriptive Essays
   • Expository Essays
   • Imaginative Essays
10. Creative Writing
    • Diary Entry, Comment, Reading Log, Blog

Poetry

1. What is Poetry?
2. Regular Rhythm
3. Rhyme
4. Stanzas
5. Essential Characteristics of Poetry
   • Music (Verbal Music)
     • Rhyme - Internal Rhymes
     • Vowel and Consonant Sounds
     • Onomatopoeia
     • Alliteration
     • Repetition
     • Refrains
   • Vision
   • Imagery
     • By Description
     • By Certain Figures of Speech
     • By Picturesque Epithets
   • Emotion
6. Analysis of poetry
   • Substance
   • Language
   • Imagery
   • Sound Effects
   • Striking Lines