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Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to collegeBlakely, Gilbert Sykes

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Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college

Name: Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college
Author: Blakely, Gilbert Sykes

Blakely, Gilbert Sykes

English language -- Study and teaching

I grant there is one subject on which it is pleasant to talk on a
      journey; and _that_ is, what one shall have for supper when we _get_
      to our inn at _night_.

2 Write a paragraph of about fifty words on each of the following
  subjects taken from the books of which a general knowledge is required:

    _a_ Goldsmith's Hardships in London.

    _b_ King Arthur's Last Battle.

    _c_ The Character of Macduff.

    _d_ The Contents of the Caskets.

    _e_ Sir Roger at the Theater.


B

1 How did Antony think the motive of Brutus in killing Cæsar differed
  from that of the other conspirators.

2 What attitude toward slavery is revealed in Burke's speech?

3 Tell the story of _Comus_.

4 Tell where the following passage is found; in what measure it is
  written; scan it; and explain the italicized words:

     Sometimes with secure delight,
     The _upland_ hamlets will invite,
     When the merry bells ring round,
     And the jocund _rebecks_ sound
     To many a youth and many a maid
     Dancing in the _chequered_ shade;
     And young and old come forth to play
     On a _sunshine_ holiday,
     Till the livelong daylight fail:
     Then to the spicy nut-brown ale,
     With stories told of many a feat,
     How faery _Mab_ the junkets eat.




(Autumn, 1907)


A

1 Analyze the following sentence and parse the words italicized:

    The river goes on and on, and down through _marshes_ and sands,
    _until_ at last it falls into the sea, where the ships are that
    _bring_ parrots and tobacco from the Indies.


2 Write a paragraph of about fifty words on each of the following
  subjects taken from the books of which a general knowledge is required:

    _a_ The Death of Roderick Dhu.

    _b_ Lynette's Contempt of Gareth.

    _c_ The Witches' Part in _Macbeth_.

    _d_ The Characteristics of Saxon and Norman in Ivanhoe.

    _e_ Nancy Lammeter.


B

1 Write a character sketch of Dr. Johnson as you see him in Macaulay's
  essay.

2 Give your impression of Addison as a man of letters, judging by
  Macaulay's essay.

3 What part do Portia and Calpurnia play in _Julius Cæsar_?

4 Tell where the following passage is found: in what measure it is
  written; scan it; and explain the italicized words:

    But let my due feet never fail
    To walk the studious _cloister's_ pale,
    And love the high _embowered_ roof,
    With antique pillars massy proof,
    And _storied_ windows richly dight,
    Casting a dim religious light.
    There let the pealing organ blow,
    To the full-voiced _quire_ below,
    In service high and anthems clear,
    As may with sweetness, through mine ear,
    Dissolve me into _ecstasies_,
    And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.




YALE COLLEGE

(Spring, 1905)


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Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to collegeBlakely, Gilbert Sykes

General

Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college

Blakely, Gilbert Sykes

English language -- Study and teaching

I grant there is one subject on which it is pleasant to talk on a
      journey; and _that_ is, what one shall have for supper when we _get_
      to our inn at _night_.

2 Write a paragraph of about fifty words on each of the following
  subjects taken from the books of which a general knowledge is required:

    _a_ Goldsmith's Hardships in London.

    _b_ King Arthur's Last Battle.

    _c_ The Character of Macduff.

    _d_ The Contents of the Caskets.

    _e_ Sir Roger at the Theater.


B

1 How did Antony think the motive of Brutus in killing Cæsar differed
  from that of the other conspirators.

2 What attitude toward slavery is revealed in Burke's speech?

3 Tell the story of _Comus_.

4 Tell where the following passage is found; in what measure it is
  written; scan it; and explain the italicized words:

     Sometimes with secure delight,
     The _upland_ hamlets will invite,
     When the merry bells ring round,
     And the jocund _rebecks_ sound
     To many a youth and many a maid
     Dancing in the _chequered_ shade;
     And young and old come forth to play
     On a _sunshine_ holiday,
     Till the livelong daylight fail:
     Then to the spicy nut-brown ale,
     With stories told of many a feat,
     How faery _Mab_ the junkets eat.




(Autumn, 1907)


A

1 Analyze the following sentence and parse the words italicized:

    The river goes on and on, and down through _marshes_ and sands,
    _until_ at last it falls into the sea, where the ships are that
    _bring_ parrots and tobacco from the Indies.


2 Write a paragraph of about fifty words on each of the following
  subjects taken from the books of which a general knowledge is required:

    _a_ The Death of Roderick Dhu.

    _b_ Lynette's Contempt of Gareth.

    _c_ The Witches' Part in _Macbeth_.

    _d_ The Characteristics of Saxon and Norman in Ivanhoe.

    _e_ Nancy Lammeter.


B

1 Write a character sketch of Dr. Johnson as you see him in Macaulay's
  essay.

2 Give your impression of Addison as a man of letters, judging by
  Macaulay's essay.

3 What part do Portia and Calpurnia play in _Julius Cæsar_?

4 Tell where the following passage is found: in what measure it is
  written; scan it; and explain the italicized words:

    But let my due feet never fail
    To walk the studious _cloister's_ pale,
    And love the high _embowered_ roof,
    With antique pillars massy proof,
    And _storied_ windows richly dight,
    Casting a dim religious light.
    There let the pealing organ blow,
    To the full-voiced _quire_ below,
    In service high and anthems clear,
    As may with sweetness, through mine ear,
    Dissolve me into _ecstasies_,
    And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.




YALE COLLEGE

(Spring, 1905)


A

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college

Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college

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