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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
It sat alone.
What happened there is still today unknown.
It is a very mysterious place,
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space,
But at the same time, it is bare to the bone.
- What does ‘It’ refer to?
- Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?
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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
I drive past the house almost every day.
The house seems to be a bit brighter.
On this warm summer day in May.
It plays with your mind.
- To whom does ‘I’ refer to?
- Pick out the alliterated words in the 2nd line.
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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall.
- What does ‘it’ refer to?
- In what way the tree is a mystery?
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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
Rumors are constantly being made,
And each day the house just begins to fade.
What happened inside that house?
- Does the house remain the same every day?
- How does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?
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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
What happened inside that house?
I really don’t know.
I guess it will always be a mystery.
- Does the poet know what happened in the house?
- What is the mystery about the house?
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Read the poem and write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme for the given stanzas.
| Stanza | Rhyming words | Rhyme Scheme |
| 1 | alone- ______-______ ______ - space |
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| 3 | ______- May mind -______ |
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| 4 |
tree- ______ |
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Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
| 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 |
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
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Read the given line carefully and identify the character/speaker.
I suppose you think me queer. I will explain.
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Read the given line carefully and identify the character/speaker.
Don't come back. It won't hasten things.
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Read the given line carefully and identify the character/speaker.
He thought it simply a cruel jest.
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Read the given line carefully and identify the character/speaker.
He did not desire to do so.
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Read the given line carefully and identify the character/speaker.
He would think it over and come back later.
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What did the uncle do as soon as he bought a stone?
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What did the uncle bequeath to the narrator?
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What was the condition laid by the uncle to inherit his property?
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Why do you think Tom happily looked forward to the expenditure for his uncle’s funeral?
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Write a few words about the mechanism used in the iron box.
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What was the counsel offered to the narrator?
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Why and when was the narrator shocked?
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What was the doctor’s warning to Tom?
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