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PhiladelphiaUniversity

Faculty of Arts

Department of English

Examination Sheet

PART 1 :

A : Information

Student's No. : / Name:Student's
Academic year :2012-2013 / Semester:first
Module No:120251 / Module Title : Introduction to literature / Tutor's Name:Dr. Areen Khalifeh
Day:Sunday / Date:18/11/2012 / Time:11:10-12
Examination: first
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is (20).
- Each question has its own mark.
-The answer must be written clearly.
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question / Minutes / Total point / Points Earned
1. / 10 / 5
2. / 20 / 10
3. / 20 / 5
4.
5.
Total / 20

D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )

E- Tutor's Remarks:

PART II : Questions

FIRST Category :Knowledge and Understanding
The aim of these questions is to asses the basic knowledge and skills the student acquired.

Question ( 1)

Define the following literary terms:

Connotation, metaphor, personification, symbol, irony.

Intellectual Skills

Second Category : (Cognitive and Analytical)
The aim of these questionsis to asses the students ability to recognize and analyze information.

Question ( 2 )

Read this Shakspearean sonnet, then answer the following questions:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

  1. Write the rhyme scheme on the poem.
  2. In which meter the poem is composed?
  3. Divide the sonnet into stanzas and name them.
  4. A. Point to the Voltain the sonnet.

B. Give an example of a metaphor from the sonnet.

  1. What is the main theme in the sonnet.

THIRD Category :Practical Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.

Is Emily Dickinson's "I Heared A Fly Buzz When I Died" depressing for you? Why? Write a paragraph discussing your point of view and back your answer with evidence from the poem.

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