FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES

A123A/B TMA COVER FORM (2010/2011)

TMA No: Part (I): STUDENT INFORMATION (to be completed by student) 1. Name: 2. Registration No: 3. Section No: 4. Tel. : 5. E-mail: I confirm that the work presented here is my own and is not copied from any source. Student's signature: Part (II): TUTOR'S REMARKS (to be completed by tutor) Tutor name: Signature: Date TMA received: Date returned: TUTOR'S REMARKS:

Mark Allocated to TMA 10% for content : a max of 10 marks

STUDENT MARK marks deducted for lang. & communication errors: a maximum of 2 marks Earned Mark

A123: An Introduction to the Humanities: Part (I) TMA: Semester 1, 2010 - 2011 TMA 02: 10 points Cut-off date: end of week 13
[Prepared by Course Chair: Dr. Tahrir Hamdi]

TMA02

Form and Reading

This assignment relates to Block 1 of the Course (10 marks). TMA02 is in two parts. It is recommended that you complete each part at the end of the study week to which it relates. Part 1 Literature (5 marks) Read Elizabeth Barrett Brownings sonnet Beloved, thou has brought me many flowers found in Resource Book I, Extract A40, page 39. Question In about 400 words, answer the following questions about this sonnet in essay form: 1.) Is the speaker happy to receive her beloved's flowers? What does she think of the flowers? 2.) What main comparison is being made in this sonnet? 3.) Which, in your opinion, is the most powerful image in this sonnet and why? 4.) What advice does the speaker give her beloved and why? Beloved, thou has brought me many flowers by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers Plucked in the garden, all the summer through And winter, and it seemed as if they grew In this close room, nor missed the sun and showers, So, in the like name of that love of ours, Take back these thoughts which here unfolded too, And which on warm and cold days I withdrew 2

From my hearts ground. Indeed, those beds and bowers Be overgrown with bitter weeds and rue, And wait thy weeding; yet heres eglantine, Heres ivy! take them, as I used to do Thy flowers, and keep them where they shall not pine. Instruct thine eyes to keep their colours true, And tell thy soul, their roots are left in mine. (Taken from Resource Book 1, Extract A40, p. 39) Guidance: Carefully reread Unit 9 "Form and Meaning in Poetry: The Sonnet" in Block 1 Form and Reading. Make sure you know how figures of speech are used in poetry and for what purpose. For example, note how the speaker in the above sonnet speaks about her "heart's ground" and how the flowers' "roots are left in [the speaker's roots]." You should also understand what an image is. This will help to keep you focused and clear in your answer. Keep your discussion specific and refer to words and phrases from the poem. Students sometimes tend to generalise their discussions without specifically referring to the sonnet; thus, in order to avoid falling into this trap, keep your focus by making close reference to the poem. Part 2 Philosophy (5 marks) A. Identify the following arguments as: Valid and Sound Valid and Unsound Invalid 1. All students are brilliant. She is brilliant. So she is a student. 2. Muslims do not eat pork. Fish is pork. So Muslims dont eat fish. 3. All forms of cheating are ethically wrong. Plagiarism is a form of cheating. Therefore, plagiarism is ethically wrong. B. Answer the questions below: 1. Change an invalid argument in A into a valid argument. 2. Change a valid and sound argument in A into a valid and unsound argument. Guidance Read again Unit 11 "Reasoning" in your Block 1 Form and Reading set book. In answering these questions, you need to be careful with the wording of each argument. Some of the above arguments are inclusive while others are exclusive. This means you should always consider whether the first premise includes all conditions (inclusive) or allows for the exclusion of some cases that cannot be included in the generalisation made (exclusive). This means that you should read each argument very 3

carefully and think before you answer. Here, accuracy of expression is of the utmost importance. NOTE: Evidence of consulting e-library sources will be an added asset. The following are guidelines on plagiarism: If you submit an assignment that contains work other than yours without acknowledging your sources, you are committing plagiarism. This might occur when: Using a sentence or phrase that you have come across Copying word-for-word directly from a text Paraphrasing the words from the text very closely Using text downloaded from the Internet Borrowing statistics or assembled fact from another person or source Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student

(Slightly adapted from OU document on quoting versus plagiarism)

It is important to remember that plagiarism is strictly barred and would be subject to punitive action by the Arab Open University.