Maharashtra HSC English (MSBSHSE) study guide
Maharashtra HSC English (MSBSHSE) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Maharashtra HSC English paper is the Class 12 language paper set by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Pune (MSBSHSE). The board administers both the SSC (Class 10) and HSC (Class 12) examinations and publishes separate HSC and SSC subject listings on its site, so the English paper sits inside the wider HSC theory examination taken by Class 12 students across the state's nine divisional boards - Pune, Nagpur, Chh. The Maharashtra HSC English (MSBSHSE) study guide has 4 sections and about 1,234 words.
01Prose (HSC English): Reading for Meaning, Method and Language
The Prose domain examines your reading of the prescribed lessons - for example, R.K. Narayan's An Astrologer's Day , A.G.
321 words, about 2 min02Poetry (HSC English): Appreciation, Devices and Tone
The Poetry domain tests appreciation of prescribed poems such as Sarojini Naidu's Indian Weavers , Robert Southey's The Inchcape Rock , Dilip Chitre's Father Returning Home and Walt Whitman's The Song of the Open Road . Expect extract-based questions on theme, tone, speaker, poetic devices, rhyme and form, plus a short critical appreciation.
314 words, about 2 min03Writing Skills / Composition (HSC English): Format, Purpose and Register
The Writing Skills domain tests purposeful composition: email, report, interview, speech, expansion of idea, appeal, blog, leaflet, counter-view, statement of purpose and group discussion. Marks are awarded for format, content, expression and accuracy, so a clever idea in the wrong format still loses heavily.
271 words, about 1 min04Novel / Extensive Reading (HSC English): Genre, Elements and Prescribed Texts
The Novel / Extensive Reading domain covers the history of the novel, elements of fiction - plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, style - and the prescribed novels, including Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four , E.R. Braithwaite's To Sir, with Love and Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days .
328 words, about 2 min