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Title: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: devilsadv on May 31, 2009, 04:12:05 pm
I have English Literature on Thursday and am freaking confused. I have done As You Like It, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Poetry and Into the wind.
I have got As You Like It and Mocking Bird covered. But there is nothing on the internet for Poetry and Into the Wind. Please help with these two and I can give a guide for the other two that is TKAMB  and AYLIT available if someone needs them. IT is not sparknotes it is Enotes. If anybody needs it drop me a line.
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 05:44:11 am
What questions are you preparing for TKAM?
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Post by: prayforexam on June 01, 2009, 10:50:32 am
wow Can you kindly give me your poetry and TKAMB notes to: vincentfong888@gmail.com
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 11:25:08 am
Doing the same exam this thursday, do you have open book exam? I dont :( i have closed books
I'm afraid im doing completely different texts from you, i am doing Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, The Crucible and Poetry...

I can help you with poetry, any poems that you don't like ?

its good to share opinions here, to have a wider understanding...

Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 11:30:45 am
What poems are u expecting?
Both passage based and otherwise.
Is there a chance of repeating the passage based poem with a different question?
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 11:32:05 am
R u doing Things Fall Apart
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 11:33:45 am
since the poetry "songs of Ourselves" has only been on the exam for 2 years, only the following passages have come up:

1) Storyteller
2) Farmhand
3) Before the Sun
4) Rising five


im almost 100% sure that they will not repeat a same passage

I;m hoping mid-tearm break shows up, but wouldn't mind monologue or maybe even muliebrity?
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Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 11:35:53 am
Can I leave out those four?
Which one are u predicting?
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Post by: Raed on June 01, 2009, 11:38:56 am
ok im taking literature but theres a trick to it just make a point give examples and explain.thats will help you! you domnt need to take anything else!goodluck
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 11:39:44 am
i wouldnt leaev them out... revise them all

but i would say there is less chance of there being a passage based on them...
revise everything
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Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 11:44:42 am
thanks!
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Post by: IGSTUDENT on June 01, 2009, 11:45:31 am
How do u go about passage based questions for novels.Any tips like PEE for other questions?
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Post by: Ukhti-R on June 01, 2009, 02:03:57 pm
hey guyz... Im taking Lit. on Thursday too...
I'm taking TKMB
As You Like IT
Songs of Orselves
Pride and Prejudice

do u guyz have notees on As You like It ? I fing it reallliii hard to study for ...

and for poetry, Im also hoping Mid Term Break cumz up as a passage base  8)
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Post by: Name on June 01, 2009, 04:03:46 pm
mid term break or mulibrity or plenty!!
i hate monologue.wow congrats on being next to a door  wat a waste of ink and paper  :P
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Post by: reishamix on June 01, 2009, 04:29:39 pm
hey guys
i hav a leeeeeeeetl problm
i lost my poems
so cn any1 giv me
caged bird
farmhand
and the old familiar faces??
appreciate it!!
=D
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: ADIN on June 01, 2009, 04:36:49 pm
i hope she dwelt among the untrodden ways comes as a passage based Q in poetry. how do u answer a passage based question in drama and TKAM? and how long are your essays?
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Post by: crypsAnity on June 01, 2009, 04:48:37 pm
umm essays shoudl be sually a page and a half to two. teacher said sooo.. depends on ur wriitng really.. jsut speak up to points n dont drag it..
(which i used to.. sighs)

anyhwos pleaseee can anyone gimmin note for Muliebrity by Sujata Bhatt .. and Before the Sun (forgot the guys name!)
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: reishamix on June 01, 2009, 04:55:28 pm
umm essays shoudl be sually a page and a half to two. teacher said sooo.. depends on ur wriitng really.. jsut speak up to points n dont drag it..
(which i used to.. sighs)

anyhwos pleaseee can anyone gimmin note for Muliebrity by Sujata Bhatt .. and Before the Sun (forgot the guys name!)

th before the sun i gav u rawks rikki!!
go read it!! >:(
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Post by: lil^$tar on June 01, 2009, 04:56:34 pm
can ani1 giv me an appreciated poem of little boy crying ,rising 5 and caged bird...i will be very delighted
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Post by: lil^$tar on June 01, 2009, 04:59:26 pm
who is doing ani of dese books..i need loads of help
things fall apart
as you like it
lord of the flies
can ani 1 get me as you like it movie b4 wednesday
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 05:53:31 pm
im doing lord of the flies
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Post by: geek on June 01, 2009, 06:50:33 pm
Hello everyone:) Exams are half way through :D Finished English Language and Maths and Art and some other subjects:D Well for maths and English Language we couldn't study - complete common sense but here comes LITERATURE ... i am extremely worried :( I was never good in it - totally not my thing.... So anyone who has notes or anything possible about poetry ( I am doing all these Caged bird and so on).... Also Lord of the Flies and Small Family Business. So if anyone who has time and would like to help me out by sending anything -  revision notes, essays about any of those things to jolllia@hotmail.com I would be extremely thankful :)
Goodluck everyone! We have to do well!!!!
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Post by: crypsAnity on June 01, 2009, 07:50:04 pm
how come evryone i know is doing lord of the flies .. are we the only school doing TKAM???
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Post by: Ukhti-R on June 01, 2009, 07:51:48 pm
Im taking TKMB too
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Post by: MaNa on June 01, 2009, 08:50:51 pm
I need help in Lord of the FLIES
is anyone doing this book Please help :( ??? ??? ???
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 09:02:42 pm
wht do u need help in?
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Post by: MaNa on June 01, 2009, 09:04:40 pm
i have read the book n watched the movie but whe it comes to right an essay I CANT specially in literature
i dont know how to qoute or u know....
=/
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 09:20:23 pm
umm,
revise themes and characters from online websites such as sparknotes, or cliffnotes

once u revised themes and characters, make sure u know enough quotes.... u have to learn them to back up your ideas...
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Post by: reishamix on June 01, 2009, 09:33:16 pm
umm,
revise themes and characters from online websites such as sparknotes, or cliffnotes

once u revised themes and characters, make sure u know enough quotes.... u have to learn them to back up your ideas...

isnt it open book??
we don't need to lern quotes
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: vanibharutham on June 01, 2009, 10:35:35 pm
 :o i hv closed book
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: devilsadv on June 02, 2009, 04:52:53 am
Hey guys here are the notes for TKAMB and AYLIT. PLease can someone email me notes for poetry at asad502@gmail.com
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: tooma on June 02, 2009, 09:02:41 am
heloow

i would really appreciate it if anyone could send me notes on poetry ( caged bird , little boy crying , rising five , she dwelt , muliberity , story teller , and so on ) on my email el7elwa_Fa6ma@hotmail.com
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: MaNa on June 02, 2009, 05:15:18 pm
Can someone send le Monolgue by hone tuwhare
please its urgent!!! i owuld be greatful!
Thankyou
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Post by: vanibharutham on June 02, 2009, 05:22:07 pm
do u want the poem?
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Post by: MaNa on June 02, 2009, 05:25:30 pm
do u want the poem?

ya i want the poem
if u have mail me please
my email is
teenangel_MK@hotmail.com
cuz i was googling it but its not what i have done :s
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: vanibharutham on June 02, 2009, 05:38:42 pm
nets being a big stupid
ill post it here...
do u need any opinions on it?

Monologue
Hone Tuwhare

I like working near a door. I like to have my work-bench
close by, with a locker handy.
Here, the cold creeps in under the big doors, and in the
summer hot dust swirls, clogging the nose. When the
big doors open to admit a lorry-load of steel, 5
conditions do not improve. Even so, I put up with it,
and wouldn’t care to shift to another bench, away from
the big doors.
As one may imagine this is a noisy place with smoke
rising, machines thumping and thrusting, people 10
kneading, shaping, and putting things together.
Because I am nearest to the big doors I am the farthest
away from those who have to come down to shout
instructions in my ear.
I am the first to greet strangers who drift in through the 15
open doors looking for work. I give them as much
information as they require, direct them to the offices,
and acknowledge the casual recognition that one
worker signs to another.
I can always tell the look on the faces of the successful 20
ones as they hurry away. The look on the faces of the
unlucky I know also, but cannot easily forget.
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: MaNa on June 02, 2009, 05:40:29 pm
nets being a big stupid
ill post it here...
do u need any opinions on it?

Monologue
Hone Tuwhare

I like working near a door. I like to have my work-bench
close by, with a locker handy.
Here, the cold creeps in under the big doors, and in the
summer hot dust swirls, clogging the nose. When the
big doors open to admit a lorry-load of steel, 5
conditions do not improve. Even so, I put up with it,
and wouldn’t care to shift to another bench, away from
the big doors.
As one may imagine this is a noisy place with smoke
rising, machines thumping and thrusting, people 10
kneading, shaping, and putting things together.
Because I am nearest to the big doors I am the farthest
away from those who have to come down to shout
instructions in my ear.
I am the first to greet strangers who drift in through the 15
open doors looking for work. I give them as much
information as they require, direct them to the offices,
and acknowledge the casual recognition that one
worker signs to another.
I can always tell the look on the faces of the successful 20
ones as they hurry away. The look on the faces of the
unlucky I know also, but cannot easily forget.
this is short
i have 4 more lines whihc is incomplete
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: Raed on June 02, 2009, 06:20:07 pm
Google the poems... well i wouldnt recomend any in reading the notes.. just pick out anypassage in any novels etc. And right points about it ..
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: Sugar on June 03, 2009, 10:06:38 am
What's gonna be on the open book exam? Like what type of questions? Is it gonna be poetry, novel and drama in one paper? Anyway, anyone who has notes for literature please post them here
Title: Re: English Literature HELP!!!
Post by: MaNa on June 03, 2009, 01:22:45 pm
its gonna be alll

prose: one of the play
drama :one of the novel
poem  :song of oursleves
you asked 3question in eack n u have to anser 1
HOWEREV U HAVE TO ANSWER ONE WHICH HAS THE STAR!!!
u should look to the question which have the title of ur book
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Post by: amy.mym on June 03, 2009, 03:50:25 pm
i don't understand

why would they put a star and we have to do it if there are two more questions available ?

Why will they the questions them ?

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Post by: X Abdulrahman X on June 03, 2009, 03:54:41 pm
the exam is like 2hrs and 30mins, i dont think thats enough time to finish the 3 questions :(
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Post by: amy.mym on June 03, 2009, 03:58:28 pm
there is time

spend 50 minutes on each question

thats like an hour on it


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Post by: Sugar on June 03, 2009, 04:46:50 pm
Yeah, why would they give us choice of question if they also tell us which one to do :/ And how long should the answers be?
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Post by: Atch on June 03, 2009, 05:02:32 pm
could you maybe send me your As You Like It notes? You'd be doing me a huge favour.

rahul_tripeiro@hotmail.com
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Post by: MaNa on June 03, 2009, 05:55:48 pm
Yeah, why would they give us choice of question if they also tell us which one to do :/ And how long should the answers be?
have u not done literature classes ever???
ok the exam is 2hours n 15 mints
n u have to alteast right one A4 size back n forth
u have optino bcuz u need it
its kinda hard
trust me if there were no option the statics for As would be waaaaaaaaaaaaay down
i guess u bette go through the pass papers to have breif idea