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Brainstorm what you know about Scorpions. Use the points given below. - English

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Brainstorm what you know about Scorpions. Use the points given below.

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Scorpions

1) How they attack: either crush their prey or inject it with venom, or they attack using their pincers to hold down the prey: then they sting it. If you step on a scorpion it will sting you straight away.
2) Their appearance: has 8 legs, a pair of pincers, and a narrow, segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
3) Any more information about them: most people associate them with poisonous stings; however, most of the stings do not present a serious threat and most healthy people do not even need medical treatment after being stung. They have long life-spans; can survive anything, a year without food; eat anything: glow in the dark.
4) Where they live: found on all continents except Antarctica; live everywhere except in very cold places; hide under logs, rocks, clutter, trees, and sand; also live in burrows.

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Night of the Scorpion

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Chapter 3.1: Night of the Scorpion - Warming Up! [Page 100]

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Balbharati English - Kumarbharati 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board

Chapter 3.1 Night of the Scorpion
Warming Up! | Q 2 | Page 100

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Complete the following table.

Background/setting of the poem

Evidence

(Quote lines from the poem

______________________

Choose the correct alternative.

The child is afraid but admires ____________.

Choose the correct alternative.

The poet seems to see the villagers as impractical and almost irritating which suggests that ________________.

Choose the correct alternative.

The poem does not have a rhyme scheme, which means the poem is a perfect example of a ___________.

Choose the correct alternative.

The poem is titled ‘Night of the Scorpion’, for, the major part of the poem _______________.

Choose the correct alternative.

The peasants chant the name of God to _______________.

The poet has used various kinds of imagery to create an image that appeals to our senses. Pick out various kinds of imagery and complete the table.

Visual imagery appealing to the eye	Tactile imagery (sense of touch)	Sound imagery	Internal sensations, feelings, and emotions
(1) Scorpion crawling beneath a sack of rice	(1) _________ ____________ ___________	(1) buzzed the name of God	(1) fear
(2) ___________ ___________ ___________	(2) Father pouring paraffin on the toe	2) ___________ ___________ ___________	2) ___________

Prepare a Presentation (on paper or on a PC) as a piece of reference to other students. Make use of the following points.

Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:

Night of the Scorpion

I remember the night my mother
was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours
of steady rain had driven him
to crawl beneath a sack of rice.
Parting with his poison - flash
of diabolic tail in the dark room -
he risked the rain again.
The peasants came like swarms of flies
And buzzed the name of God a hundred times
to paralyse the Evil One.
With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him: he was not found.
They clicked their tongues.
With every movement that the scorpion made his poison
moved in Mother's blood, they said.
May he sit still, they said
May the sins of your previous birth
be burned away tonight, they said.
May your suffering decrease
the misfortunes of your next birth, they said.
May the sum of all evil
balanced in this unreal world
against the sum of good
become diminished by your pain.
May the poison purify your flesh
of desire, and your spirit of ambition,
they said, and they sat around
on the floor with my mother in the centre,
the peace of understanding on each face.
More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours,
more insects, and endless rain.
My mother twisted through and through,
groaning on a mat.
My father, sceptic, rationalist,
trying every curse and blessing,
powder, mixture, herb and hybrid.
He even poured a little paraffin
upon the bitten toe and put a match to it.
I watched the flame feeding on my mother.
I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the
poison with an incantation.
After twenty hours
it lost its sting.
My mother only said
Thank God the scorpion picked on me
And spared my children.

Points:

The title and the poet of the poem
Rhyme scheme
Figures of speech
Central Idea/Theme

Read the following extract and do the given activities.

A1. Match the following:

(1) Misfortunes	mud-baked
(2) Ambition	bad luck
(3) World	goal
(4) Wall	unreal

With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him : he was not found.
They clicked their tongues.
With every movement that the scorpion made his poison
moved in Mother's blood, they said.
May he sit still, they said
May the sins of your previous birth
be burned away tonight, they said.
May your suffering decrease
the misfortunes of your next birth, they said.
May the sum of all evil
balanced in this unreal world
against the sum of good
become diminished by your pain.
May the poison purify your flesh
of desire, and your spirit of ambition
they said, and they sat around
on the floor with my mother in the centre,
the peace of understanding on each face.

-Nissim Ezekiel

A2. Write two words ending in "on".

A3. Give an example of "metaphor" from the extract.

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