End Term Examination (December 2019)

School: School of Engineering Program: B.Tech.

Course: Composition & Rhetoric Course Code: GEX126

Semester: I Max Marks: 30 Duration (mins): 60

Note: Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Instructions:
 Answer all the questions as directed
 Write the answers in your answer sheet
 Do not write anything on your question paper except your URN no.

Q 1.State whether the following statements are true or false: (10)

i. "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves"- this line was written on the gold
casket.
ii. Shylock was a Christian by religion.

iii. “Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed”- this line is taken from the poem ‘If’.

iv. Bassanio borrowed 3000 gold ducats from Shylock.

v. In the poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, the urn was full of pictures sculptured on it.

vi. Shylock lent the money for six months.

vii. The poem “If” was dedicated to the poet’s daughter.

viii. The word “trodden” means grassy in the poem “The Road not Taken”.

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 ix. The poet of “The Road Not Taken” is Robert Browning.

x. The poet chooses the road that is less travelled by in the poem “The Road not Taken”.

Q 2.Answer the following Questions. (Any two) (8)

i. What is the format used for speaking in any impromptu situation? Briefly explain.
ii. Write four ways to make your presentation interesting. Briefly explain each points.
iii. What is phonetics? Give any 4 symbols and minimum 2 word examples for each symbols.

Q 3.Analyse the characters in brief. (Any two) (12)

i. Shylock
ii. Bassanio
iii. Portia
iv. Santiago
v. Antonio

……………………………………………..All the best…………………………………………..

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