Optional [Major] English - XI NEB Literature Guide [Class-11]

NEB Optional English-XI Guide

Optional [Major] English Grade - XI Literature


Introduction

NEB Optional English-XI Guide is designed in accordance with the curriculum of grade xi Optional English. This guide consists of all the units from the literature part. The story, Poetry, Essay, One-act Play and Novel. The summary and the comprehensive exercise of the respective text has been attached with the link again the title in the table.

NEB Optional English Guide

Literature

Unit-III Stories

Chapter

Title

Link

1

The Piece of String

Summary & Exercise

2

The Cactus

Summary & Exercise

3

Half A Day

Summary & Exercise

4

Boys & Girls

Summary & Exercise

5

Three Questions

Summary & Exercise

6

Simulacra 

Summary & Exercise

7

The Woman & Platform 8

Summary & Exercise

8

The Seven Ravens

Summary & Exercise

9

The Myth of Prometheus

Summary & Exercise

10

The Last Question

Summary & Exercise


Unit-IV Poetry

Chapter

Title

Link

1

The Bistro Styx

Summary & Exercise

2

Home They Brought Her Warrier Dead

Summary & Exercise

3

In Memory of WB Yeats

Summary & Exercise

4

On The Grasshopper & The Cricket

Summary & Exercise

5

Lady Lazarus 

Summary & Exercise

6

Still I Rise

Summary & Exercise

7

United Fruit Co

Summary & Exercise

8

Five Hikus

Summary & Exercise

9

The Flea

Summary & Exercise

10

This is Just to Say

Summary & Exercise

11

She is Not Dead

Summary & Exercise

12

Sonnet 18

Summary & Exercise


Unit-V Essays

Chapter

Title

Link

1

Letter from The New Land

Summary & Exercise

2

Of Studies

Summary & Exercise

3

Our House is On Fire

Summary & Exercise

4

The Silk Road in the World History

Summary & Exercise

5

A Piece of Chalk

Summary & Exercise

6

The World's Desire

Summary & Exercise

7

Getting in Touch With Aliens

Summary & Exercise

8

An Encounter With A Dog

Summary & Exercise

9

Pandemic & Beyond

Summary & Exercise

10

Why I Write

Summary & Exercise


Unit-VI One-Act Plays

Chapter

Title

Link

1

The Boor

Summary & Exercise

2

The Song of Death

Summary & Exercise

3

Chitra

Summary & Exercise



Optional English Grade XI is a coursebook prepared with the spirit of the optional English Curriculum of grade XI, developed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Curriculum  Development Centre.  

The book includes seven units but in this section of the guide, we have organized all the literature part of the NEB English for grade - 11. Unit One is about a historical survey of the English language and literature. Unit Two is about an introduction to language and linguistics. These two units are followed by some questions, both short and long, for checking the understanding of the concepts. Units Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven include stories, poems, essays, one-act plays, and the novel respectively. Moreover, it includes A Glossary of Literary Questions. 

Units 1 and 2 are about theoretical concepts of English literature, language, and linguistics. Teachers can explain the concepts of each topic along with the discussion in the class.  

Units 3 to 7 include stories, poems, essays, one-act plays, and novels. Each reading text under each unit is followed by Glossary Questions for practice. There are four kinds of questions: Understanding the Text, Reference to the Context, Literary Analysis, and Reference beyond the Text. 

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