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Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Warm UP [Page 106]
Pin the tail on the donkey.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Exercise A [Page 107]
Answer the following.
What made the sage upset?
Why did the sage spin all day?
What solution did he arrive at for the mystery that he found?
Was he finally successful in changing his pigtail’s position? Support your answer with a line from the poem.
Did something dreadful happen? How would you describe the events in the poem– comedy or tragedy?
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Exercise B [Page 107]
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
But wondered much and sorrowed more
Because it hung behind him.
- What was he wondering about?
- What does the word ‘it’ refer to here?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
And though his efforts never slack
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back
The pigtail hangs behind him.
- Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines and give the rhyme scheme for the same.
- Did he quit his trying? How can you say?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
| ‘He mused upon this curious case’ |
What is the figure of speech used in this line?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.
Can this poem be called an ironic poem? Justify your answer.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Exercise C [Page 108]
Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.
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1. suggest the sage lacked practical common sense |
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2. make the poem humorous |
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3. show the clowning movements of the sage |
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4. that are actually funny but have a serious tone |
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Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Exercise D [Page 108]
The summary of the poem is given.But there are some words missing. Fill in the blanks with the help of the box given below.
| faithfully | change | pigtail | round | sage | down | slack |
| out | hung | place | behind | vain | face |
Once upon a time there lived a______. He had a handsome______. He was worried and pondered over his pigtail's______. He wanted to______ it's place. He wanted it hanging at his______ He didn’t like it hanging there______ him. So he turned right and left and ______about, up and______, and in and______ but it still______ behind him. However he tried, his efforts were in______. But he didn’t______ in his efforts. Nevertheless his pigtail hung ______behind him.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board 2.2 A Tragic Story Exercise E [Page 108]
Role play
Work with a partner. Let one student read the poem and the other to pantomime (communication by means of gesture and facial expression) the poem as he or she reads.
Solutions for 2.2: A Tragic Story
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 3 Class 6 TN Board chapter 2.2 - A Tragic Story
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