TNPSC GROUP 2A PART B GENERAL ENGLISH SYLLABUS

PART B

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Literature

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1. Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:

Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron –Onomatopoeia –Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words –Repetition – Apostrophe

A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.

2. Appreciation Questions from Poetry

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- Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wondr - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.

3. Important lines from Poems.

Where the mind is without fear - The Solitary Reaper - Going for water - A Psalm of Life - Be the Best - Sonnet No.116

4.Questions on the Biography of

Mahatma Gandhi - Jawaharlal Nehru - Subash Chandra Bose - Helen Keller - Kalpana Chawala -Dr.Salim Ali - Rani of Jhansi - Nelson Mandela – Abraham Lincoln

5. Questions on Shakespeare’s

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6. Questions from Oscar Wilde’s

The Model Millionaire - The Selfish Giant

7. Karl Paulnack

Music-The Hope Raiser

8. Comprehension Questions from the following Motivational Essays:

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high’ - Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After the storm’ - Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be that no you can’t be that’

9. Comprehension Questions from the following description of Places

Ahtushi Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ - Manohar Devadoss – Yaanai Malai - Brihadeesvarar Temple

10.British English – American English

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