DZI Bulgarian Language and Literature study plan

Classify and drill the full set of Bulgarian vowel and consonant spelling rules, writing 60 words per session and logging every error by rule type.

Apply the rules for я/е after vowels and for ъ/о alternations in a 40-item self-made exercise set, then re-test the missed items after 48 hours.

Conjugate 30 verbs across the three main conjugations in present tense, marking stress shifts and the е/и alternation in the second-person singular.

Build a personal error log of at least 25 spelling and morphology mistakes with the corrected form and the rule that governs it.

Punctuate 15 unpunctuated passages, correctly placing commas before subordinate clauses, in enumerations, and around appositions and parenthetical insertions.

Produce the full definite-article paradigm for 20 nouns across masculine, feminine, and neuter, including the counted and collective forms of masculine nouns.

Decline 15 personal pronouns and 10 possessive pronouns in all cases, then use each in one original sentence.

Compare the spelling of prefixes ending in з/с and the rules for double consonants, writing 30 model words and explaining each choice.

Form and use the full indicative tense system (present, past imperfect, aorist, perfect, pluperfect, future, future-in-the-past) on 20 verbs, labeling each form.

Convert 15 direct-speech sentences into indirect speech, adjusting tense, pronouns, and the renarrative mood where required.

Identify the syntactic function of every clause in 12 complex sentences by underlining subject, predicate, and subordinate clause type.

Write 10 original sentences that each demonstrate a different type of subordinate clause (relative, temporal, causal, conditional, concessive, final, consecutive, comparative, explanatory, modal).

Analyze 10 long sentences by drawing their clause structure and labeling coordination, subordination, and ellipsis.

Classify 40 words by morpheme type (root, prefix, suffix, inflection) and identify the word-formation pattern (prefixation, suffixation, compounding, conversion, abbreviation).

Explain the meaning of 25 Bulgarian idioms and use 10 of them in original sentences with correct register.

Distinguish 20 paronym and synonym pairs by writing a defining context for each member of the pair.

Characterize the five main functional registers (scientific, official, journalistic, colloquial, literary-artistic) with three linguistic markers each and match 20 sample excerpts to their register.

Rewrite 8 neutral sentences into formal, journalistic, and colloquial variants, noting the lexical and syntactic shifts.

Read 4 non-fiction or media articles of 600-800 words each and extract the main claim, supporting evidence, and any rhetorical framing devices.

Answer 20 inference and author-attitude questions about those articles, justifying each answer with a quoted line.

Build a timeline of Bulgarian literary periods from the medieval period through the National Revival, modernism, and post-1944 writing, listing two canonical authors and one representative work per period.

Summarize the defining features of the National Revival, symbolism, and realism in 150 words each, citing specific authors and texts.

Identify and define 20 literary tropes and figures (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, hyperbole, oxymoron, anaphora, and others) with an original example of each.

Analyze one short poem and one short prose excerpt for genre, narrative voice, imagery, and versification, writing 200 words per analysis.

Draft a full interpretive essay of 500-600 words on a canonical Bulgarian literary work, stating a thesis in the introduction and supporting it with three textual quotations.

Revise the draft for structure, cohesion, and register, cutting filler and sharpening topic sentences in every paragraph.

Write two timed 25-minute outline plans for unseen essay prompts, each with a thesis, three body claims, and a conclusion strategy.

Compare two works from different periods on a shared theme, writing 250 words that cite evidence from both.

Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them against the answer key, recording the percentage per domain.

Re-drill the 30 highest-frequency errors from the week 1-4 error logs until each is answered correctly twice in a row.

Write one final timed interpretive essay in 40 minutes and self-assess it against a four-point rubric (thesis, evidence, structure, language).

Compile a one-page exam-day checklist covering time allocation per section and the most common trap types in orthography and syntax items.