This book offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to mastering key elements of the English language—rhetoric, prosody, grammar, and comprehension—as prescribed in the FYUGP NEP-based curriculum. It is structured to help undergraduate students strengthen their command over the English language, with an emphasis on both theoretical clarity and practical application.

The book is designed to:

• Develop a deep understanding of figures of speech, rhetorical strategies, and stylistic devices.

• Introduce the basics of English prosody, including metre, rhyme, rhythm, and sound patterns in poetry.

• Reinforce grammar fundamentals like sentence structure, tenses, voice, speech, agreement, and syntax.

• Build comprehension skills through practice passages, interpretation tasks, and vocabulary exercises.

  ? Unit-wise Breakdown:

  ✅ UNIT I – RHETORIC

  This unit introduces students to the art of effective expression using figures of speech and essential components of sentence and paragraph structure. It focuses on both recognition and application in writing.

  Figures of Speech Covered:

  • Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration, Assonance

  • Interrogation, Irony, Onomatopoeia, Hypallage, Pun

  • Oxymoron, Anti-Climax, Asyndeton and Polysyndeton

  • Metonymy, Synecdoche, Paradox, Euphemism, Tautology, Ellipsis, Catachresis

  Writing Skills:

  • Syntactic Structure, Paragraph Unity, Logical Flow

  • Clarity, Precision, Economy of Words

  • Visual Elements in Writing, Style Refinement

  • Word Choice and Arrangement

  ✅ Includes Questions with Answers for Practice

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  ✅ UNIT II – PROSODY

  This unit explores the rhythmic and musical aspects of poetry, helping students understand the mechanics of poetic forms.

  Topics Covered:

  • Poetry and Verse, Syllables, Accents

  • Rhythm and Meter, Measure or Foot

  • Verses, Variations in Rhythm and Meter

  • Scansion, Pauses, Rhyme, Stanzas

  • The Sonnet, Blank Verse, Free Verse

  ✅ Includes Questions with Answers for Practice

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  ✅ UNIT III – GRAMMAR AND COMPREHENSION

  A practical and analytical section that builds core skills in understanding, interpreting, and analyzing English language texts.

  Skills Developed:

  • Analyzing and Summarizing

  • Sequencing and Inferencing

  • Comparing and Contrasting

  • Drawing Conclusions, Self-Questioning, Problem-Solving

  • Relating Background Knowledge

  • Fact vs. Opinion

  • Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details