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प्रश्न
What would you say are 'the finer growths' that the story supports in a novel?
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उत्तर
The finer growths that a story supports in a novel are the art of characterisation, the narrative techniques and thematic and plot structures. The story is the backbone, the basic structure without which the rest of the technicalities and structures are meaningless. It is the story line that determines the other features in a novel. The story contains the DNA of the novel.
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Read the extract and do the activities that follow:
The duke senior and his follower were sitting down to a meal one day when Orlando rushed out from among the trees, his sword in his hand. ‘Stop, and cat no more!’ he cried. The Duke and his friends asked him what he wanted.
‘Food,’ said Orlando. ‘I am almost dying of hunger’. They asked him to sit down and eat, but he would not do so. He told them that his old servant was in the woods, dying of hunger. ‘I will not eat a bite until he has been fed,’ Orlando said.
So the good Duke and his followers helped him to bring Adam to their hiding-place, and Orlando and the old man were fed and taken care of. When the Duke learned that Orlando was a son of his old friend sir Rowland de Boys, he welcomed him gladly to his forest court.
Orlando lived happily with the Duke and his friends, but he had not forgotten the lovely Rosalind. She was always in his thoughts andevery day he wrote poetry about her pinning it on the trees in the forest. ‘These trees shall be my books,’ he said, ‘so that everyone who looks in the forest will be able to read how sweet and good Rosalind is’.
Rosalind and Celia found some of these poems pinned on the trees. At first they were puzzled, wondering who could have written them; but one day Celia came in from a walk with the news that she had seen Orlando sleeping under a tree, and she and Rosalind guessed that he must be the poet. Rosalind was happy to think that Orlando had not forggoten her, because she loved him as much as he loved her.
A1. Complete - (2)
Complete the following sentences:
(i) Rosalind was happy to think _______
(ii) The Duke and his followers helped Orlando to bring _________
(iii) Orlando pinned the poems written about Rosalind on ______
(iv) When the Duke cam to know that Orlando was a son of his old friend, he _________
A2. Write a gist: (2)
Write a gist of the above given extract in about 50 words.
Read the following passage and complete the activities given below:
Mention the odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
The text is an excerpt from Sesame and Lilies which consists of two essays, primarily, written for delivery as public lectures in 1864. Identify the features that fit the speech mode. Notice the sentence patterns.
Which are the lines in the poem that impressed you the most and why?
How does Forster use the analogy of Scheherazade to establish his point ?
Why is the poem entitled 'Hawk Roosting'?
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
put up with:
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
bargain:
Study the pictures below and note down the differences.
Now write what you observe in the following two pictures.
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.
Write a short autobiography of any bird or animal of your choice.
Read the passage and answer the following question:
Who designed the PVC medal?
What did one of the fluttering creatures do?
Use the following phrases in your own words.
- roam around
- again and again
- bring something back
- there and then
Look at the following words carefully for one minute. Now close your book and try to write down as many of the words as you can remember.
| crust, tremendous, lava, crater, volcanic, tsunami, island, extinct, disaster, dormant, eruption, plume, inland, molten, active, coast |
Write a conversation between a donkey and a dog.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“Why, the dress you go to the theatre in !”
Visit a library:
Read the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Think and answer:
Is the poet talking about heavy rains in the rainy season or rain that has come after a long time?
Think and answer:
Are the boys and girls happy that it is raining?
Prepare a ‘PowerPoint’ presentation, using one slide for each of the above points. Present your review in a PPT format in the classroom.
Rewrite in your own words.
One event from the story.
Who is the speaker in this poem?
List the phrases which have the expression 'many a ______'.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
- Form groups of 5–8. Then make pairs of groups. Decide which group will be hosts and which will be guests. Arrange mock parties in the classroom so that the roles of hosts and guests can actually be played out.
- Later on, hold groupwise discussions on how your party went. Make lists of the tips you followed and those you forgot to follow.
Read the following.
- Skipper: captain of a ship or boat.
- Dipper: This word has two meanings. Dipper means a container for taking out water. Also, there are two constellations called Little Dipper (Little Bear) and Big Dipper (Big Bear) in the sky.
- Milky Way: The band of light consisting of stars that spreads across the sky at night.
What are the common Rangoli designs or motifs?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
____________ had provided Prospero formerly with books and provisions.
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
Read the lines and answer the questions.
There are many legends based on their heroic exploits
a legacy of tales which have been told with much adroit
- What does ‘heroic exploits’ mean?
- What are legends?
Which mode of transport did Fogg choose?
Neerja had a sour marriage due to______.
The girl admitted to her brother that she was badly frightened.
What did Anandhan want to become?
Find the rhyming word from the poem.
Crowd - ______.
What wins the hearts?
Why did the audience cheer?
Match the following.
| pale |  |
| tremble |  |
| fainted |  |
Why do we ask questions?
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
She coloured the picture ____.
The official visited the rehabilitation centre daily.
What kind of water did Divya use to brush her teeth?
Read the passage three times and colour a dustbin each time.
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I am Mani. I had to take a bus to nearby city. I crossed the road to reach the bus stand. I got the bus, sat down, and read a book. Before I started to read, I just looked at the people around me. The two men sitting next to me were talking loudly. Some were listening to music on their phone. I was unable to focus on reading. The men were talking about cleaning the city. As they were talking, they opened a pack of biscuits to eat. After some time I dozed off. When I opened my eyes, the bus had reached the city. The two men were not there but pieces of the biscuits and wrappers were there. I cleaned the wrappers and put them in the dustbin.
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- What did Mani take out?
- What did Mani find on the seat when he woke up?
- If you were Mani, what would you do?
______ had made Math easy for Bala.
Write the word with same meaning.
dustbin- ______.
Name the pictures and match it with the rhyming words.
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dancer | |
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floor | |
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will | |
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rush |
How does she move the brush?
Who are already awake?
Why is your nose important for you?
What did the library door say?
What did he make out of it?
Read the passage and write a summary of it. Suggest a suitable title to the summary
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A sparrow is a small bird which is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrows. Sparrows are only about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful songs. Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places-usually on the ground clumps of grass low trees and low bushes. In cities, they build their nests in building nooks or holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. They build their nests out of twigs grasses and plant fibers. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures. Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are white with reddish-brown spots. They hatch within eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young. Insects are fed to the young after hatching. The large feet of the sparrows are used for scratching seeds. Adult sparrows mainly eat seeds. Sparrows can be found almost everywhere where there are humans. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds. The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows will first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their wings. They will also bathe in water or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social with up to a hundred birds participating at once and are followed by preening and sometimes group singing. |
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