English for Specific Purposes

Writing the simple news story and the feature/human-interest story. More frequently than
you might think, knowing how to put together a simple news item may help you in a club
or organization, in a business or lab. The feature story is an extension of your wok with
the interview and survey. One way of communicating about an exciting project, an
interesting person is to write a feature article.

1. What are the different parts of a news story, define each.(give examples)
2. Write a simple news story with an appropriate lead
3. Describe the different types of feature/human-interest stories
4. Explain the elements of a good feature story
5. Write a short, interesting feature story.

Introduction to Stylistics

1. Explain how levels of language affect text interpretation

2. Discuss the relationship of grammar and style
3. State how grammar and style help the writer convey meaning
4. Discuss the meaning of patterns and sounds used in Stopping by the Woods on a
Snowy Evening. Illustrate how patterns and sounds convey the poet’s intended
meaning through poem interpretation
5. Discuss the developments in Structural Narratology and Identify common patterns
in the structure of a narrative
6. Discuss style and transitivity in fiction and poetry
7. Explain how point of view and style work together in deciphering text meaning
8. Discuss the author’s techniques of speech and thought representation in the
following novels: (nalyze the authors’ techniques in the presentation of
characters’ speech and thoughts in both novels)
a. Les Miserables
b. New Moon