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‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Siblings/ relatives : ________________.
Complete the following.
Della wanted to buy ___________________.
Answer the following question:
Why and how did Della sell her hair? Do you think she did well?
Answer the following question:
Why did Della feel sad about losing her hair?
Answer the following question:
How beautiful was the gold watch chain? Would you have liked to own it?
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Justify the title of the story, ‘The Gift of the Magi’.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della was not too happy about bargaining for grocery etc.
Read the following and answer.
Say WHAT
______ troubled Della on Christmas Eve?
Read the following and answer.
Say WHAT
____________ was the current family income?
