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प्रश्न
Read these lines from the poem:
(i) One thing led to another
(ii) The start of it was slight
(iii) The end of it was strong
(iv) The afternoon turned black
(v) Thumped me on the back
Discuss with your partner what these lines mean.
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उत्तर
(i) It means that a small argument led to another argument.
(ii) When the argument started, it was light and over a small issue.
(iii) The end of the argument was strong as it had turned into a big fight.
(iv) Their fighting continued as afternoon turned into night.
(v) It means that the poet’s brother hit her (patted her) lightly on her back in order to talk to her and put an end to the fighting.
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The Process of Writing : CODER
In your written work, it is advisable to follow the process outlined below. (We call it 'CODER' - Collect your ideas; Organise your ideas; make your first Draft; Edit your work; Revise your work.)
1. C - Collect your ideas
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2. 0 - Organise your ideas
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(b) Also, note down the opinion that you prefer about the scientist.
3. D - make your first Draft
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Note : At this stage of your course, you should not worry about the language and tone of a formal description.
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| Title of 'Solve-it Story' | |
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| Secondary character | |
| Setting (where and when) | |
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| Climax | |
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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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Of the seven hundred villages dotting the map of India, in which the majority of India’s five hundred million live, flourish and die, Kritam was probably the tiniest, indicated on the district survey map by a microscopic dot, the map being meant more for the revenue official out to collect tax than for the guidance of the motorist, who in any case could not hope to reach it since it sprawled far from the highway at the end of a rough track furrowed up by the iron-hooped wheels of bullock carts. But its size did not prevent its giving itself the grandiose name Kritam, which meant in Tamil coronet or crown on the brow of the subcontinent. The village consisted of fewer than thirty houses, only one of them built from brick and cement and painted a brilliant yellow and blue all over with
gorgeous carvings of gods and gargoyles on its balustrade, it was known as the Big House. The other houses, distributed in four streets, were generally of bamboo thatch, straw, mud and other unspecified material. Muni’s was the last house in the fourth street, beyond which stretched the fields. In his prosperous days Muni had owned a flock of sheep and goats and sallied forth every morning driving the flock to the highway a couple of miles away.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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