DZI Bulgarian Language and Literature study guide

The DZI in Bulgarian Language and Literature (Държавен зрелостен изпит по български език и литература) is the compulsory state matriculation examination that Bulgarian secondary-school students sit at the end of grade 12. It functions as both a school-leaving requirement and a gate to university admission, and its result is widely used by higher-education institutions in Bulgaria. The examination is designed for graduating students and for adults completing secondary education through the state system; it is not a certificate of teaching competence or a language-proficiency test for foreigners. The paper tests command of the standard language across several strands: orthography, punctuation and spelling; grammar and morphology; syntax; lexicology, phraseology and word formation; stylistics and functional registers; and reading comprehension of non-fiction and media texts. Topics on this exam: Language norms: orthography, punctuation, and spelling, Grammar and morphology, Syntax and sentence structure, Lexicology, phraseology, and word formation, Stylistics and functional language registers, Reading comprehension of non-fiction and media texts, Literary history: periods, movements, and canonical authors, Literary theory: genres, tropes, and analysis of literary texts, and Interpretive essay on a literary work. The DZI Bulgarian Language and Literature study guide has 9 sections and about 2,418 words.