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Have you read novels or short stories about life on other planets? What is this type of writing called?
Read the following extract from a letter received by someone on Earth from another planet.
Planet Aurigae II
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Dear Pen Pal, When I received your letter from the interstellar correspondence club, my first impulse was to ignore it. However, your description of Earth sounds exciting. I would like to live there for a while, and I have... |
- What does the letter suggest about its writer?
- What do you think may happen between the writer and Pen Pal?
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Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues.....
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a... suggestion in this connection, but I won’t mention it till I have developed it further. I must introduce myself. I am a scientist on the Planet Aurigae* II. We have known for some centuries that there are other inhabited planets in the galaxy. Since I am allowed to experiment in my spare time, I have been amusing myself at communication with those planets. In fact, I have developed systems for intercepting communications between the planets in our galaxy, and have been able to draw your letter from the interstellar correspondence club. You will have noticed the material on which this letter is written. It is a highly sensitive metal, very thin, very flexible, and I have enclosed several sheets of it for your use. Tungsten dipped in any strong acid makes an excellent mark on it. It is important to me that you write on it, as my fingers are too hot-literally-to hold your paper without damaging it. This is because the temperature on Aurigae II is more than 250 degrees Celsius. This must seem extremely hot to you, but (unlike you) we are not a hydrocarbon form of life, and we find 250 degrees Celsius very pleasant. I’ll say no more now. But before I close, I must tell you that I am a prisoner in the Aurigae jail. If you are still interested in writing to me, I shall be happy to continue the correspondence. Skander |
pronounced “Our-ee-guy”
- What does “a hydrocarbon form of life” mean?
- What would a non-hydrocarbon form of life look like?
- Why do you think Skander is in prison?
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Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues…
What would a non-hydrocarbon form of life look like ?
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Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues…
Why cannot Skander hold ordinary paper {from Earth) ?
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Using the words given above rewrite PART I of the poem in your own words. The first stanza has been done as an example:
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
An old sailor stopped one of the three people passing by, who asked: "Old man, with your long grey beard and glittering eye, why are you stopping me?"
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Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because…………
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The wedding guest remarked that he was 'next of kin' It meant that ……..
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Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
'He cannot choose but hear' means………
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Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
'The sun came up upon the left, /Out of the sea came he;'This line tells us that the ship………………….
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The Wedding-Guest beat his breast because…………
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The storm blast had been described as being tyrannous because……….
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The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because……
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The sailors were happy to see the albatross because……..
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The two things that happened after the arrival of the albatross were ……
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'It perched for vespers nine' means………
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'God save thee, ancient Mariner, /From the fiends that plague thee thus!- Why look'st thou so?' means……….
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Answer the following question briefly.
How did the ancient mariner stop the wedding guest?
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Answer the following question briefly.
Was the wedding guest happy to be stopped? Give reasons for your answer.
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Answer the following question briefly.
Describe the ancient mariner.
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Answer the following question briefly.
How does the mariner describe the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?
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