Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

Notice these words in the story. 

• “chuffed”, meaning delighted or very pleased

• “nosey”, meaning inquisitive

• “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly

These are words that are used in an informal way in colloquial speech.

Make a list of ten other words of this kind.

Look for stories or movies where this theme of hero worship and fantasising about film or sports icons finds a place.

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

Why do most celebrity wnters despise being interviewed? 

What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?

What do you understand by the expression "thumbprints on his windpipe'? 

Who, in today's world, is our chief source of information about personalities?

Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.

How does Eco find the time to write so much?

What was distinctive about Eco's academic writing style?

Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?

What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose? 

Discuss in pairs or small groups.

Talk about any interview that you have watched on television or read in a newspaper. How did it add to your understanding of  the celebrity, the interviewer and the field of the celebrity?

Discuss in pairs or small groups.

The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television .

Discuss in pairs or small groups. 

Every famous person has a right to his or her privacy Interviewers sometimes embarrass  celebrities with very personal questions.

What does the title of the poem suggest to you? Are you reminded of other poems on tigers?

How do ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ add to our understanding of the tiger’s attitudes?

Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull? 

What is suggested by the image ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’?  

Of what or of whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified with in the third stanza?