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Question
‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Friends: ______________.
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Solution
Friends: loyalty, sympathy, etc.
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‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Parents/ Grand parents : ______________.
Complete the following.
Della wanted to buy ___________________.
Answer the following question:
Why did Della take pride in the beauty of her hair?
Answer the following question:
Why did Della feel sad about losing her hair?
Complete the following activity :
Map the problems and solutions in “The Gift of the Magi” on the diagram below. Two problems have already been filled in.
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Complete the following basic plot diagram :
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Justify the title of the story, ‘The Gift of the Magi’.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della was not too happy about bargaining for grocery etc.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della’s elated mood underwent a change as she opened her gift.
