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Pick out lines that contain:

Pun

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उत्तर

  1. “That folks got taking me for him,”
  2. “I grew so like my brother,”
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Figures of Speech
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अध्याय 2.3: The Twins - English Workshop [पृष्ठ ६०]

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बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 2.3 The Twins
English Workshop | Q 4 | पृष्ठ ६०

संबंधित प्रश्न

Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.


Like part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and explain them.


The poet has also used both repetition and similes in the poem. For example-- 'must wait, must stand and wait' (repetition) and 'looked at me vaguely as cattle do' (simile).Pick out examples of both and make a list of them in your notebooks. Give reasons why the poet uses these literary devices.


In poetry, when words/ideas are arranged in ascending order of importance, the figure of speech used is called ‘Climax’. For example, Man should work for his family, his country, but most of all for God.

  • Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.

When some words, in the line of the poem, express the same idea in different ways, the figure of speech used is ‘Tautology’.

For example, 

  1. happy and joyful.
  2. motionless and still.
  • Pick out two examples of ‘Tautology’ from the poem.

Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.

Antithesis : _____________________.


Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.

Alliteration : _______________.


The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparisons from the poem.

  1. world - ____________
  2. actors - ____________
  3. birth and death - ____________
  4. school boy - ____________
  5. the lover's sigh - ____________
  6. spotted leopard - ____________
  7. last stage (old age) - ____________

Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Alliteration


Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Transferred Epithet


Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever____________


Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.

Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.


Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.


Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.

No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.


Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.

Rest in the bottom lay-PUN because _________________.


‘Pun’ can be defined as a play on words based on their different meanings. Example: ‘Writing with a broken pencil is pointless.’ In this poem, there is an example of Pun. Find and make a sentence of your own. Share a joke with the class where the use of ‘Pun’ creates humour.


Find outlines from the poem that are examples of the following Figures of Speech.

Figures of Speech Lines
  • Repetition
___________________________
  • Alliteration
___________________________
  • Hyperbole
___________________________

‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.

Alliteration


Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase, sentence, etc. such as ‘That life is lived it's very best.’

Find out more examples of Alliteration from other poems in your book.


Pick out lines that contain:

Alliteration


Pick out lines that contain:

Hyperbole


Pick out line that contain the following Figures of Speech.

Personification


Pick out line that contain the following Figures of Speech.

Repetition


Pick out lines that contain the following Figure of Speech.

Metaphor


Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.

She wept____________of tears.


Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.

The hungry man ate a ____________ of food.


Complete the following examples of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.

He runs faster than a ____________.


Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.

I shall come over in just a ____________


Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.

Onomatopoeia


The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the dead Captain

  1. ____________
  2. ____________

The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the grief in his heart

  1. ____________
  2. ____________

Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Personification


Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Alliteration


Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Exclamation


Find from the poem, one example of the following.

Tautology


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