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तामिळनाडू बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएस.एस.एल.सी. (इंग्रजी माध्यम) इयत्ता १०

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

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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.

  1. What does ‘it’ refer to?
  2. In what way the tree is a mystery?
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उत्तर

  1. ‘It’ refers to the tree that is beside the house.
  2. The tree is a mystery because no leaves grow in it during any one of the seasons. It neither grow tall nor does it become short.
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पाठ 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०३]

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पाठ 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 3. | पृष्ठ २०३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!

Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.


She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.

Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.


She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief.

Pick out the alliterated words from the above.


She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief.

Pick out other alliterated words from the poem.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

Whom did the cricket want to meet? Why?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

What would keep him alive?


Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,

Explain the second line.


Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.


Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Assonance.


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.

  1. What does ‘It’ refer to?
  2. Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?

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