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प्रश्न
In your family, what activities are done individually and as a group?
| My mother decides | |
| My father decides | |
| I decide | |
| We decide |
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उत्तर
| My mother decides | what shall be cooked in dinner. |
| My father decides | my pocket money. |
| I decide | the place for our vacations. |
| We decide | the timings for every member to watch television. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Qualities of an ideal politician
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| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
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So Betty bought some better butter,
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Study the quotations and identify the adverse human qualities that are worse than ‘death’ and discuss the underlying message conveyed.
