LIFE AND LITERATURE

ELIZABETHAN THEATER                                     The Elizabethan era was a period during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558-1603. England thrived under Queen Elizabeth’s reign, and the robust cities flurried with activity. There were great developments in art at the time and it was later considered the height of English renaissance. Life was full of work but there was leisure time as well. Entertainment was plentiful such as feasts and festivals, fairs, dance, music, art, sports, and hunting. Elizabethan theater was the most significant form of entertainment during the 16th and 17th century, it was a time that produced history and culture so rich that it is still remembered and relevant today. Elizabethan theater was a truly entertaining period that impacted all of society bringing out the good and bad of people and setting the stage for future theater.     Before formal theaters, there were groups of wandering minstrels that would perform music and skip around the cou

    SPARROW                                                 -K. A. ABBAS           In Sparrows by K.A. Abbas we have the theme of cruelty, fear, resentment, tradition, connection, redemption and change. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realizes from the beginning of the story that Abbas may be exploring the theme of cruelty. As Rahim is walking home his neighbors silently talk about how cruel he has been to some of the animals in the village. The reader is also aware that both of Rahim’s sons have left him due to his cruelty and his continuous beating of each son for no reason. This may be important as there is a sense that not only is Rahim cruel towards both animals and other human beings but his sons may have lived their lives in fear of Rahim. Never knowing as to why or when they might be beaten. It is also noticeable that all of Rahim’s neighbors stay clear of him. Possibly like Rahim’s sons they too are afraid of what Rahim might do to them sho

APOLOGY FOR POETRY                                                                                -SIR PHILIP SYDNEY ABOUT AUTHOR :            Sir Philip Sidney was a child of privilege, born to Sir Henry Sidney, Elizabeth I’s governor of Ireland, and Lady Mary Dudley. His godfather was King Philip II of Spain; his uncle Robert Dudley was one of Elizabeth’s closest advisers. Philip was educated to join his family’s tradition of service, first at the Shrewsbury School and then at Oxford. Following a three-year tour of Europe (1572-1575), where he perfected his languages and became familiar with European politics, Sidney returned to Elizabeth’s court and embarked on a career as diplomat and parliamentarian. A man of broad interests, he befriended leading artists and scholars of the day (including poet Edmund Spenser and alchemist John Dee), and was the dedicatee of more than 40 books on subjects as diverse as painting, law, poetry, and botany. An Apology for Poetry Summar

POWERFUL PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION:                    Presentation skills basically refer to the ability to communicate in an effective way whether in small or large groups. The process involves explaining and showing the content to an audience. Powerful presentation call for powerful presenters. Appearance is the most and the first important thing during presentation. Most people make an assessment within 30 seconds that often lasts a   lifetime and can be almost impossible to change of incorrect. The mirror exercise will get you more present to who you are in the world. INTENTION:                  The presenter must have the following intentions in his mind:                           a) That each member of the audience is respected and valued.                           b) That he should add to the knowledge of the audience.                           c) That he should develop the individual organization.                           d) He must not do any harm.         

                                                               LISTENING AND SPEAKING                    LISTENING COMPLAINTS IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MANNER           In the Listening and Speaking section of this unit, the focus is on listening to “complaints” (in a formal context) and listening to “problems and offering solutions” (informal). “Complaints” call for “action” to be taken after the facts have been ascertained. With regard to listening to “problems”, the listener has to practice active listening and “offer solutions” or “suggest ways” by which the problem can be solved. The onus to solve the problem is not on the listener. Decision-making rests with the one who shares the problem and seeks solutions. Listening and responding to complaints (formal situation) Complaints could be made in a forum or individually Making Complaints in a Forum The healthy practice of listening and responding to complaints is deeply ingrained in the administrative system of our country. The vil

                                                                SONNET 18                                                                          -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE       The poem opens with the speaker putting forward a simple question: can he compare his lover to a summer’s day? Historically, the theme of summertime has always been used to evoke a certain amount of beauty, particularly in poetry. Summer has always been seen as the respite from the long, bitter winter, a growing period where the earth flourishes itself with flowers and with animals once more. Thus, to compare his lover to a summer’s day, the speaker considers their beloved to be tantamount to a rebirth, and even better than summer itself.         As summer is occasionally short, too hot, and rough, summer is, in fact, not the height of beauty for this particular speaker. Instead, he attributes that quality to his beloved, whose beauty will never fade, even when ‘ death brag thou waander’stin his shade ‘, as he

                                           WORD ACCENT: CERTAIN GUIDELINES     The segments of spoken language are the vowels and consonants. The speech segments are called segmental phonemes or primary phonemes. They combine to produce syllables, words, phrases and sentences. As we utter them, we make use of wide range of tones of voice. This speech features, which are higher than sound segments are called suprasegmentals.       The speech features that are higher than the sound segments are length, stress, pitch, intonation, rhythm and juncture. Here I am describing about stress. Stress is a suprasegmental feature. Stress refers to the prominence given to a syllable. In English all the syllable in a word are not uttered with equal force. One or more than one syllable is articulated with greater force than the rest. The degree of force with which a syllable is uttered is known as stress. A syllable gains prominence as a result of the stress it receives. However, factors such as the l

  TECHNICAL WRITING INTRODUCTION  Technical writing impacts every developer. They consume content written by technical writers in the form of documentation, and they also produce technical content. Companies and open source projects alike understand that well-written documentation is key to product adoption. In fact, 93% of respondents to a 2017 GitHub survey said that “incomplete or outdated documentation is a pervasive problem” in open source.   In this post, you’ll learn what technical writing is, discover examples of technical writing in software and beyond, and gain an understanding of other skills technical writers develop to create successful and effective documentation.   What is technical writing? Technical writing is the practice of creating primarily text-based instructional or informational documents for users. In software development, common genres of technical writing include product and API documentation, manpages, tutorials, and guides. But technical writ