English

What Do ‘Trade Winds’ and ‘Fat Worms’ Symbolise? - English 2 (Literature in English)

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

What do ‘trade winds’ and ‘fat worms’ symbolise?

Short/Brief Note
Advertisements

Solution

Trade winds symbolise the freedom of movement, the free will of the free bird to go anywhere it pleases unlike the caged bird who is restricted behind the bars of its cage. Fat worms symbolise the freedom to choose what it wants to eat by going anywhere it wants which is denied to the caged bird. The caged bird is restricted and discriminated and cannot exercise free will even for the most ordinary things.

shaalaa.com
Writing Skills
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 1.07: I Know why the Caged Bird Sings - Extra Questions

APPEARS IN

Evergreen Publication Treasure Trove [English] Class 9 and 10 ICSE
Chapter 1.07 I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
Extra Questions | Q 7

RELATED QUESTIONS

(A) Ashita is the most beautiful girt in the class.
(B) No ………………………………..


Here are some commonly used medical terms. Find out their meanings.

CT scan MRI  tomography
Autopsy  dialysis  ECG
Post mortem  angiography  biopsy

Who were the other two spectators? What did they do? (Did they watch, or did they join in the fight?


Write your views/opinions in brief on the following topic.

We must always cast our votes.


Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.

Examples:

  • behold – look
  • afeared – frightened
  • forsooth – indeed
  • hither – this place

Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.

Archaic Language
  Archaic Word Modern Equivalent Meaning in English
1.      
2.      
3.      
4.      
5.      
6.      
7.      
8.      
9.      
10.      

Prepare and present a short speech on the following.

How I accomplished a difficult task. 


Imagine that you are the Captain of your team. A famous cricketer is going to visit your school. You are assigned the task to conduct an interview of that famous cricketer. Frame a set of 10 questions that you will ask the cricketer. Take help of the points given below.

  1. Early life
  2. Interest in this field
  3. Inspiration
  4. Coaching and guidance
  5. Achievement/Records
  6. Future plans
  7. Advice to youngsters

Look at the image of the familiar advertisement given below. Identify the product and try to frame your own slogan for them.


Using a red pencil, choose and circle the things whose smell you like. Now with a blue pencil circle the things whose smell you do not like. Make five sentences like this

I like/do not like the smell of ______ because it reminds me of______.

  1. ______.
  2. ______.
  3. ______.
  4. ______.
  5. ______.

You have been given a small sum of money to buy a gift with for a friend. What gift would you choose (specify) and why would you choose this? Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the gift and how it will benefit him/her.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×