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प्रश्न
Complete the following table.
| No. | Figure of Speech | Line of the poem | Explanation |
| 1. | ________________ | ________________ | The sky is imagined to art like a human being. |
| 2. | ________________ | with gleaming gold | ________________ |
| 3. | Oxymoron | ________________ | ________________ |
| 4. | ________________ | The country wears a perfect smile. Anaesthesia, Amnesia, Hypnosis | ________________ |
| 5. | Paradox | ________________ | ________________ |
उत्तर
| No. | Figure of Speech | Line of the poem | Explanation |
| 1. | Personification | , and the skies surrender. | The sky is imagined to art like a human being. |
| 2. |
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with gleaming gold |
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| 3. | Oxymoron | So history is new again | The old is wiped out or changed to appear new |
| 4. | Climax | The country wears a perfect smile. Anaesthesia, Amnesia, Hypnosis | The words increase in intensity for creating a strong impact. |
| 5. | Paradox | our past's tomorrow | Opposite ideas - past and tomorrow - create a dramatic effect for meaning. |
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| S. No. |
Column A | Column B |
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | |
| 1. | fond of | |
| 2. | hidden away | |
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| 4. | laughed at | |
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| A | B |
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| and but or because |
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| 1. |  |
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| 2. |  |
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| 3. |  |
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| 4. |  |
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
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+ |  |
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