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प्रश्न
Pair work: Practise the dialogue with another student. Then write a similar dialogue between a student and the class teacher regarding an educational trip.
उत्तर
| Teacher | We plan to go on an excursion. |
| Student A | Where sir? |
| Teacher | We will discuss and finalize it today. |
| Student B | Sir, how about Vandaloor Zoo? |
| Teacher | it is a very hot season now, all the animals will be taking shelter under distant trees |
| Student A | We can’t see all of them. What about Vedanthangal? |
| Teacher | No, only after the rains foreign birds visit it. |
| Student B | What about Birla Planetarium? |
| Teacher | Fine, that is a good choice. We will go there next week. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Figures of speech
Consonance: Repetition of similar consonant sounds in the neighbouring words.
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| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
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pl ______ se
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