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Identify and define the figures of speech in the two sets of lines given below :
(a) A hundred years should go to praise/Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze ;
(b) Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.

What is the point of view in this passage ? Identify the narrator.

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could
make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to
be called Pip.

Define allusion and explain the allusion in this sentence :

Everyone would tell a village girl that her dream of being a Hollywood star is quixotic.
Mark the sense groups :

The state of Arcadia said the governor has neglected the incidence of Covid-19.

Spot the word that helps you identify the gender of the speaker in the passage given below :

When I lived with papa, he used to tell me what he thought about everything, so that I never had
any opinions but his. And if I did have any of my own, I kept them quiet, because he wouldn't
have liked them. He called me his little doll, and he played with me just the way I played with my
dolls”.

Comment on the line:
He called me his little doll, and he played with me just the way I played with my dolls.
What does the account given below tell you about the teacher’s perception of children ?

My son’s teacher gave out end of term books, which was really nice of her, but they were wrapped
in pink/blue and labelled ‘Boy’ or ‘Girl’. The boys got a dinosaur or pirate book and the girls got
princesses and glitter.

What social injustice is described in the passage given below ?

In Mammachi’s time, Paravans, like other untouchables, were not allowed to walk on public roads,
not allowed to carry umbrellas, They had to put their hands over their mouths when they spoke, to
divert their polluted breath away from those whom they addressed.

Read the above passage and make an intelligent guess about who the Paravans addressed.

What is special about the structure of this line ‘Sometime too the eye of heaven shines’ ?
(10 x 3 = 30)

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