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प्रश्न
Read the following sentence.
‘A very wise man once remarked that of the unspoken word, you are a master; of the spoken word, you are a slave.’
The sentence has two pairs of opposites - spoken and unspoken, and master and slave. The contrasting ideas make the sentence more effective. Putting together opposite or contrasting ideas in one sentence is a literary device. It is called antithesis.
Read the following examples of antithesis.
- Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
- Man proposes and God disposes.
- Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
- Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.
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उत्तर
Students do this activity on their own.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any six of the following questions in 30‒40 words:
(a) Why did Gandhiji feel that taking the Champaran case to the court was useless?
(b) Why did the peddler derive pleasure from his idea of the world as a rattrap?
(c) How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad?
(d) What tempted Franz to stay away from school?
(e) Why did the maharaja ban tiger hunting in the state?
(f) How was the skunk's story different from the other stories narrated by Jack?
(g) Which words of her brother made a deep impression on Bama?
Tick the statement that is true.
The story tries to relate history to Science.
What do you understand of Einstein’s nature from his conversations with his history teacher, his mathematics teacher and the head teacher?
What impression of the character of Iona do you get from this story?
What was the reason for young Paul's restlessness at the beginning of the story? How did it find expression?
Discuss the following in pairs or in groups of four:
'It is time to realise that unless we modify the established notion of literature as something written, we will silently witness the decline of various Indian oral traditions'
What, according to Ruskin, are the limitations of the good book of the hour?
How does Forster trace the human interest in the story to primitive times?
Identify the lines that reveal the critical tone of the poet towards the felling of the tree.
How does the poet bring out the immortality of the bird?
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi won the prize for the ‘Best plant’ because, ____________.
Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.
We Indians are obsessed with foreign things.
Fibreglass kites led to creating power - driven aeroplanes.
State whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The Ear was appointed as a judge.
Imagine that one of your family members/friends/classmates has recently undergone surgery. You were curious and wanted to learn about his/her experience.
Match the questions you asked with their answers.
| 1. | What health problem did you suffer from? | a. | I was given a bath and I wore a surgical gown. |
| 2. | Whom did you inform about it first? | b. | I was given an injection of anesthesia. |
| 3. | What type of doctor did you consult? | c. | I consulted an orthopedic surgeon. |
| 4 | How did he/she find out that you needed a surgery? | d. | I was relieved and happy that the operation was over. |
| 5. | What preparation was done before the surgery? | e. | I had fractured my ankle while playing hockey. |
| 6. | What did you feel when you were taken to the operation theatre? | f | No, I did not feel anything. I was fast asleep. |
| 7. | What was the first step before the actual surgery? | g. | I recovered and I could walk normally after 3 weeks. |
| 8. | Did you feel any pain during the surgery? | h. | Our school hockey coach. |
| 9. | What did you feel when you opened your eyes after the operation? | i. | The doctor took an X-ray of my ankle, and he found a fracture in my ankle. |
| 10. | How soon did you recover? | j. | I was very nervous. |
Make a chart to show the important points to remember while making a graphic presentation.
Read the poem: ‘Home they brought her warrior dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
What does the crocodile stand for?
Write what the following do, with the help of the poem.
ripples
When and where was the first ATM installed?
Turtles are sea animals.
Is the brother boastful? What makes you think so?
Why did the trees become a green blur?
Flag day is observed on the _________.
Where did we visit a mermaid?
What was their new hobby?
Who were the friends referred in the story?
Who were the guest to Kani’s home?
Where were they going?
