English Literature

How to write good headlines A good headline is a work of art and a picture of an event. It has high value in a newspaper�s readability, influence, attractiveness and saleability. The headline is the condensed kernel of a whole story in a few words. Readers use headlines as guides to search for the stories that interest them. The importance of a good headline is immeasurable if it is judged in today�s context. Today�s readers run and read. They lack time to go through all news, features or articles. They choose what to read and what to avoid on the basis of headlines. So, writing god, suitable, simple and summative headlines is a challenging task. In brief, headlines are the display windows of a publication. Here are how-to-write tips on the art of writing headlines:            �          Headlines should reflect the tone of stories. A light-hearted headline does not suit a serious story whereas a serious headline for...

 "It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.  How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?  For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone.  That is where the writer scores over his fellows:  he catches the changes of his mind on the hop"  - Vita Sackville West

Kolkata is growing in terms of population. Urbanization of the city is on the go in full swing. The city has become crowded more densely than before. Though development is on the go, the city that is a place of Indian cultural heritage is infested with problems, one of which is garbage. Garbage heaps on the streets is a common picture to behold in North and Central Kolkata.  It results in several problems for the auto drivers and pedestrians. The huge heaps of garbage on one side of a street narrow the street and make it difficult for the vehicles to run smoothly. The situation turns worse during peak hours of the day when there is a jostling traffic. Stray animals like dogs and cows keep roaming around the garbage heaps dumped on streets. The pedestrians sometimes land in trouble because of stray animals. Moreover, the animals keep digging the garbage heaps, as a result of which the rubbish gets scattered here and there, making the surrounding dirty and stingy. An unpleasant smell...

Progress is such a phenomenon that it can be defined in a number of different ways. For some, it is growing richer in whereas for some it is acquiring knowledge. Many things like wealth, money, knowledge, power, etc, are taken as unites to measure the level of progress. However, in the present era, many people think that turning richer means making progress. But they are absolutely wrong.  A man who grows richer and richer is so miserly that he minds giving alms to a beggar. He is not supposed to be on the way to progress from the perspective of humanity. If a man who has accumulated lots of wealth is mean in thought and poor in mind, he is far behind progress.  Today�s youngsters from the well-do-do families keep up with the latest fashion trends to flaunt their rich social status. But they turn indifferent to their own culture and customs, the base of existence in society. They sniff at the cultural heritage of their ancestors. These youngsters are at a distance from progres...

Is the title �The Solitary Reaper� apt? Justify the title �The Solitary Reaper�. Is the title �The Solitary Reaper� relevant?      The title of a literary piece is based on the central theme or protagonist or significance of the literary piece. William Wordsworth has deliberately titled the poem The Solitary Reaper . In this poem, the reaper is the only visible character and her song is the focus of the poet�s observation in each stanza of the poem. The title �The Solitary Reaper� is reflective of the reaper�s overwhelming presence throughout the poet�s eloquent observation of her melancholy song in the poem. The poet describes the reaper�s activity in the field in the first stanza, pictures the melodious beauty of her song in comparison to that of the singing birds in the second stanza, tries to explore the subject matter of the song in the third stanza and carries the song deep in his heart in the fourth or last stanza. As the poem is all about the reaper and her u...

  Know the difference between 'because' and 'for' in terms of application. Knowledge of this difference will help you write correct English. The distinction between these two conjunctions is one of the English grammar tricks, that is illustrated by this video...  

Prince of Persia The story is about a boy named Nick, but everyone called him Prince. It is because his father was the king of Babylon, named Sherman. A few years ago King Sherman bought a mysterious hourglass from the ��Island Of Time��. The hourglass had the power to take someone back in the chariot of time. But the person who would the hourglass must die. The key to open the hourglass was a dagger ��Dagger Tie��. Once Prince opened it and traveled back through time. But after a few weeks, a priest told him that he must die, as he had opened the hourglass. Prince a brave young man told courageously that it was worthless for him to wait for death. He showed his determination to win in his fight with the Fate. However, the priest told him warning that his journey would not end well. Then prince told first time in my life I am afraid. He started his journey to the ��Island of Time�� to change the turn of his fate. He did so. On his way back home he found the city quiet different from th...