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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    This is the first line of the poem “On His Blindness” by John Milton. The poet who has lost his eyesight is mourning over the loss. In this line, he memorises his previous life (when he had eyesight). He thinks how he was serving humanity and thus God by writing poetry which is a talent given by GodRead more

    This is the first line of the poem “On His Blindness” by John Milton. The poet who has lost his eyesight is mourning over the loss. In this line, he memorises his previous life (when he had eyesight).

    He thinks how he was serving humanity and thus God by writing poetry which is a talent given by God to him. However, now he is blind and unable to use this talent.

    Read complete summary here.

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    Reflective poetry or reflective poem is a genre of poetry in which the poet expresses his state of mind using images and symbols and compares them with real life objects and scenes. Thus a reflective poem is normally quite long and also thoughtful unlike lyric poetry which is short and expresses feeRead more

    Reflective poetry or reflective poem is a genre of poetry in which the poet expresses his state of mind using images and symbols and compares them with real life objects and scenes.

    Thus a reflective poem is normally quite long and also thoughtful unlike lyric poetry which is short and expresses feelings. An example of reflective poem is “An Essay on Man” by Alexander Pope.

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    When Mr Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri is a short story that revolves around the theme of assimilation of Indians into America, their issues in adopting Western Culture and the difference of love and affinity for motherland between the first generation migrants and the second generation migraRead more

    When Mr Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri is a short story that revolves around the theme of assimilation of Indians into America, their issues in adopting Western Culture and the difference of love and affinity for motherland between the first generation migrants and the second generation migrants.

    Assimilation of Indians into American Culture

    During the 1940s, freedom movement had spread all over the Erstwhile British Colonies including Asian Countries like India. Along with it were riots, mass murders, and the emergence of new countries.

    During this era, a number of Asians fled away to Europe and America. Settling in a new country meant adopting a new culture, food, habits, language etc. Hence it was difficult for most of the people to adopt this new and drastic change.

    The short story When Mr Pirzada Came to Dine reflects this theme. Lilia’s parents had migrated from India and Mr Pirzada belonged to Bangladesh. Lilia’s father wanted his daughter to learn about India, her history, geography etc while her mother didn’t like this. She desired her child to adopt the American Culture.

    For Mr Pirzada, Lilia’s going out with friends was shocking as in Indian subcontinent it was not allowed. Similarly, Halloween is a festival in the USA which was quite new for Mr Pirzada. Thus the first generation migrants suffered a lot in adopting the new culture and also had a great affinity towards their country of origin.

    Problems of 2nd Generation Migrants

    The second generation migrants to which Lilia belonged have not experienced the riots, partition and other problems which the 1st generation had suffered. This is why Lilia cannot understand the pain of her father and that why he forces her to learn about India and its history.

    Another important issue is that of the belief that has been reflected in this short story. Lilia does not seem to be believing in her parent’s Deity. Rather, when Mr Pirzada goes back to Bangladesh, she takes candies given by him every day into her mouth till morning and does the same until she comes to know that Mr Pirzada’s family is safe.

    This is her belief which does not match to that of her parents.

    Read the summary of When Mr Pirzada came to Dine here.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    These are the sentences which maintain continuity and development of thought and expression throughout the lines. Following are some examples to help you understand the concept of Linking Sentences in English. As told earlier, I will not do this again. As per the lines mentioned above, it has been pRead more

    These are the sentences which maintain continuity and development of thought and expression throughout the lines. Following are some examples to help you understand the concept of Linking Sentences in English.

    1. As told earlier, I will not do this again.
    2. As per the lines mentioned above, it has been proved that the poem was written before Shakespeare.
    3. Based on this study, we conclude that he was wrong.
    4. In accordance with the law mentioned before, he is proved guilty.
    5. According to the author about whom we talked about, this theory is no longer valid.

    Thus as per the lines above, a linking sentence has two parts- introductory part, in which information from the previous sentence or line is used as the introduction to talk about something new and the other is concluding part, in which something is proved, concluded or told.

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    A poet lives in the imaginary world trying to make something creative out of an ordinary thing. Hence ordinary day-night does not matter for him. He may wake up in the mid of night to jot down something extraordinary he saw in dreams. He may wake up in the early morning to capture the beauty of skyRead more

    A poet lives in the imaginary world trying to make something creative out of an ordinary thing. Hence ordinary day-night does not matter for him.

    1. He may wake up in the mid of night to jot down something extraordinary he saw in dreams.
    2. He may wake up in the early morning to capture the beauty of sky in his words and so on.
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    Meta, in simple words, means something that refers to itself. Thus metafiction is a genre of English Literature which emphasizes the readers to focus on the novel itself. Thus a work of literature which is conscious of its own form, structure and story, it will be known as Metafiction. The term wasRead more

    Meta, in simple words, means something that refers to itself. Thus metafiction is a genre of English Literature which emphasizes the readers to focus on the novel itself. Thus a work of literature which is conscious of its own form, structure and story, it will be known as Metafiction.

    The term was used for the first time by William H. Gass (1970) in his work Fiction and the Figures of Life. However, metafiction existed long before him. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is an example of Metafiction in Literature.

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    The Errors of Santa Claus by Santa Claus is a humorous short story. There are 9 characters and the plot is set on the eve of Christmas day. Two families- The Browns and The Joneses are dining with each other at the house of the later. Jones and Brown Jones and Brown are discussing with each other abRead more

    The Errors of Santa Claus by Santa Claus is a humorous short story. There are 9 characters and the plot is set on the eve of Christmas day. Two families- The Browns and The Joneses are dining with each other at the house of the later.

    Jones and Brown

    Jones and Brown are discussing with each other about the gifts that they are going to give to their children (as Santa Claus). Jones tells Brown that he will gift his son Edwin an automatic train. Brown tells him that he will gift his son Willy an aeroplane.

    Both of them think that their sons believe in Santa Claus. Saying that Jones starts showing Brown how the train moves automatically on the track and thus they start playing with it.

    Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown

    Upstairs, Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown are talking to each other about the gifts that they will be giving to their daughters. Mrs Jones tells that she will gift a beautiful doll to her daughter Clarisse. Mrs Brown also thinks of gifting a doll to her daughter Ulvina.

    Mrs Brown asks Mrs Jones to sew clothes to make doll more beautiful and in a moment both the ladies get busy stitching clothes of the doll. Both of them think that their daughters believe in Santa Claus.

    Edwin Jones and Willie Brown

    In Edwin’s bedroom, he is sitting with Willie. Jones says that he will gift his father hundred rupees with a box. Willie says that he will gift cigars to his father. As both of them too love cigars, they begin smoking. Both of them think that their fathers believe in Santa Claus.

    Clarisse and Ulvina

    Clarisse shows cards to Ulvina which she is going to give as a gift to her mother. Soon they start playing cards as they like it very much. Both of them think that their mothers believe in Santa Claus.

    Grandfather Jones

    Upstairs, Grandfather Jones is looking at whisky that he is going to gift to his son Mr Jones and a big nickel-plated Jew’s harp that he will gift to his grandchild.

    Later on except Grandfather Jones, all others gather and watch Bible which they are going to gift to Grandfather Jones.

    In the night, Santa Claus does everything wrong. He gifts train to Mr Jones and Mr Brown, the doll to Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown, Cigars to Edwin Jones and Willie Brown, cards to Clarisse and Ulvina and whisky and harp to Grandfather Jones and still everything is normal.

    Everybody is busing enjoying their gifts.

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    The interjection is always a spoken word that expresses an emotion. In other words, it is a word that is used to express some sudden feeling of mind. We use a sign of exclamation (!) after the interjection. Here are the 10 examples of interjection in a sentence: Hurrah! We won. Alas! He did not die.Read more

    The interjection is always a spoken word that expresses an emotion. In other words, it is a word that is used to express some sudden feeling of mind. We use a sign of exclamation (!) after the interjection. Here are the 10 examples of interjection in a sentence:

    1. Hurrah! We won.
    2. Alas! He did not die.
    3. Bravo! We made an aircraft.
    4. Fie! You did such a thing.
    5. What! Did they go to the Bermuda Triangle?
    6. Ah! She is offline.
    7. Oh! She is online.
    8. Shh! Don’t make a noise.
    9. Hello! How do you do?
    10. Hush! Don’t talk here.
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    A collective noun is the name of a group of persons or things taken together and spoken of as a whole. e.g. army, team, committee, flock, group etc. Here are the 5 examples of collective nouns in sentences: The flock of birds surrounded the building. The jury is dining on take-out chicken tonight. TRead more

    A collective noun is the name of a group of persons or things taken together and spoken of as a whole. e.g. army, team, committee, flock, group etc. Here are the 5 examples of collective nouns in sentences:

    1. The flock of birds surrounded the building.
    2. The jury is dining on take-out chicken tonight.
    3. The Army will march towards the border.
    4. A group of girls came to propose me.
    5. That organisation is full of frauds.
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    communicative skills are very important to every one when you want to or asked to present a speech you should have prepared in advance ---- Greet everyone --- if they don't respond you greet again -- tell your name -keep the class more energetic-- say the topic on which you are going to start your sRead more

    communicative skills are very important to every one
    when you want to or asked to present a speech you should have prepared in advance
    —- Greet everyone — if they don’t respond you greet again — tell your name -keep the class more energetic– say the topic on which you are going to start your speech . Even it would be a interactive session , you can ask question. ( OK, all-right,clear, got it) use these words in your speech
    —- you should have confidence
    —- you must be conscious of what you are saying, if its first time OK
    —- try to speak without grammatical mistakes
    —- each word should be pronounced correctly

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