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प्रश्न
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the box given below and complete the table.
| Metaphor, Alliteration, Repetition, Personification, Inversion, Simile, Apostrophe, Onomatopoeia |
| Examples | Figure of Speech | Explanation |
| 1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair. | Alliteration | The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| Examples | Figure of Speech | Explanation |
| 1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair. | Alliteration | The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| 2. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea | Alliteration | The close repetition of the sound of ‘s’. |
| Repetition | The words ‘No stir in the’ have been repeated in the line. | |
| 3. On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung | Inversion | The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘It floated and swung on a buoy in the storm’. |
| Personification | The ‘Inchcape bell’ has been given the animate quality of ‘floating’ and ‘swinging’ | |
| 4. Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound. | Inversion | The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘The bell sank down with a gurgling sound.’ |
| Onomatopoeia | The word ‘gurgling’ denotes the sound made by the bell as it sunk in the ocean. | |
| 5. The Devil below was ringing his knell. | Onomatopoeia | The word ‘ringing’ denotes the sound made by the bell. |
| 6. The Ship was still as she could be | Alliteration | Close repetition of syllable ‘s’ |
| Personification | The ship has been personified with the use o the feminine pronoun ‘she’. | |
| 7. On the deck the Rover takes his stand, | Inversion | The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘The Rover takes his stand on the deck’. |
| 8. Oh Christ! | Apostrophe | A direct address has been made to an entity that is not present. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
English is a language that contains words from many other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a world language, for example:
petite - French
kindergarten - German
capital - Latin
democracy - Greek
bazaar - Hindi
Find out the origin of the following words.
Tycoon, tulip, logo, bandicoot, barbecue, veranda, robot, zero, ski, trek
Notice the underlined words in these sentences and choose the option that best explains their meanings.
I never saw him look so tall.
M. Hamel ______.
You came across the words, plod, trudge, stagger in the story. These words indicate movement accompanied by weariness. Find five other such words with a similar meaning.
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Gratitude
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Sympathy
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Empathy
The specific meaning of word ‘anthem’ in the content of the story is _______.
Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Etymology.
Choose appropriate phrases/expressions from the extract given in the options and fill in the blank appropriately.
I was on diet for some days but today I am going to eat _______.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
By the end of the week she was beginning ________ home in her new job.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, a sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
After my retirement, I started ________ as a social worker
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, a sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
Having faith in God _______ in difficult situation.
Read the text again and find out all the words related to the game of cricket. List two meanings of each. One is done for you.
| Words related to the game of cricket | Meanings | |
| 1. Second innings | General | the second phase of the life of an individual where he/she starts/pursues a new or different career or the post-retirement life |
| Cricket | when a team comes to bat for the second time in a test match | |
| 2. | ||
| 3. | ||
| 4. | ||
The poet has used many describing words such as ‘healthy’ in this poem.
Make a list and classify them as -
- For the world _______
- For himself ________
- For the road _______
The road in the poem does not mean only the road to travel. The poet wants to suggest the road of life. Explain the metaphor with the help of the poem.
Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.
The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ‘aabb’. Find rhyme schemes in the second and third stanzas.
Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a mariner’s life. Given below is the meaning of those terms. Identify the word.
Floating object that shows direction
Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a mariner’s life. Given below is the meaning of those terms. Identify the word.
Sinking sound
Pick out the describing words from the poem and add a noun of your own. One is done for you.
| Toiling (time) | Toiling (day) |
Match the words given in column A with their meaning in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Cheerful | a. With feeling of disappointment |
| 2. Selfish | b. Lack of satisfaction |
| 3. Sorely | c. Happy |
| 4. Discontent | d. Concerned with one’s own pleasure |
There are a few examples of homonyms in the poem. For example ‘spoke’. List homonyms from the poem and give their meanings.
The poet has used different poetic devices like Alliteration and Interrogation in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines.
| Poetic Device | Lines |
| (a) Alliteration | |
| (b) Interrogation |
Complete the following using suitable describing word as appeared in the poem with the help of the words given in the option:
Father’s food
Complete the following using suitable describing word as appeared in the poem with the help of the words given in the option:
Father’s eyesight
‘Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night’.
In the above line, the weather is humid, not the night. The epithet or adjective is transferred from the weather to the night. This figure of speech is Transferred Epithet. Find out another such expression from the poem.
I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati.
Here ‘stale chapati’ stands for stale food/non-nourishing food or diet, where the part symbolizes the whole, i.e. food. Guess the name of the figure of speech.
Find out from the poem example of Antithesis.
‘The river has a soul.’
‘Life and death.’
These are the two expressions that are repeated in the poem; but both of them indicate different figures of speech. Find out and discuss.
Enrich your vocabulary. Match the job terms with their meanings.
| (1) to be your own boss | (a) work that requires manual activity |
| (2) a dead-end job | (b) an important powerful job |
| (3) a good team player | (c) to be unhappy in an office job |
| (4) a heavy workload | (d) a normal job having a duty of 8 hours |
| (5) a high-powered job | (e) to be in a boring job that is hard to leave |
| (6) job satisfaction | (f) a job with no promotional opportunities |
| (7) manual work | (g) to have your own business |
| (8) to be stuck in a rut | (h) to have a lot of work to do |
| (9) to be stuck behind a desk | (i) enjoying your job |
| (10) a nine-to-five job | (j) someone who can work well with other people |
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
.......... man
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
ticket ..........
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
.......... slowly
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
.......... sentences
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
widely ..........
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
.......... asleep
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
a place of residence
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
eager to know everything
Let’s use the Thesaurus.
Along with your partner, go to the library or search the internet for a standard Thesaurus to complete the following table. One is done for you.
| Sr. No. | Word | Type | Synonym | Antonym |
| 1. | observe | verb | notice, discern, detect, mark | ignore, overlook |
| 2. | abandoned | |||
| 3. | grateful | |||
| 4. | initiative | |||
| 5. | peril | |||
| 6. | separation |
Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.
Monstrous
Read the following words carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in brackets.
(afraid, plunged, appeared, shrilly, skimmed, devoured, cowardice)
Arun is full of ______.
Read the following words carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in brackets.
(afraid, plunged, appeared, shrilly, skimmed, devoured, cowardice)
He ______ through the report.
Read the following words carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in brackets.
(afraid, plunged, appeared, shrilly, skimmed, devoured, cowardice)
One by one, the stars ______ in the sky.
Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.
- The bird injured his wings.
- He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building.
Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.
- The aeroplane will land at 9.00 pm. sharp.
- He owns 10 acres of land.
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.
confined to
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.
millenium
Look at the word and its meaning. Select the correct alternative.
determine
Insert the proper word from the bracket to form collocation.
[(a) afford (b) time (c) defeat (d) clothes (e) owners (f) necessary (g) role (h) interview (i) morning (j) cold]
absolutely .............
Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word.
culminate: ...............
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase.
to give up
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
hell × .............
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
unhappy × .............
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
disrespect × .............
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
unimportant × .............
Find a synonym from the story for the following word.
Repair
Find the antonym of the following word from the text.
Finally × ...............
Find a synonym from the story for the following word.
Fortunate
Find the antonym of the following word from the text.
Disqualify × ...............
Write the related words as shown in the example:
