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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase: a rustic holiday

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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a rustic holiday

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उत्तर

The students who went on a rustic holiday to Kurangani forest were caught in a forest fire accident.

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पाठ 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [पृष्ठ ६४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. b) | पृष्ठ ६४

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But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What does the line “and his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream” mean?


The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What parallel can be drawn to the poet’s feelings and that of the caged bird?


Make a critical appreciation of the short story, “A Horse and Two Goats,” by R.K. Narayan.


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1. Callous Caring for people, environment, life
2. Violent  
3. Greedy  
4. Corrupt  

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  • Name of the author/authors
  • Name of the illustrator (artist)
  • The central idea of the book (what the book is about)
  • The important characters in the book and what they do
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_____ all the way

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what I want

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