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Question
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Dictatorship Vs Democracy
Solution
Dictatorship Vs Democracy
- explanation of the two terms
- the way two governments function
- examples of countries following each of the two systems
- advantages of democracy over dictatorship
- Situations that justify the need for dictatorship.
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- The food which you are going to offer them.
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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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Change the following into Indirect Speech.
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Change the following into Direct Speech.
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Change the following into Direct Speech.
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| 2) | Mountains | personification |
| 3) | It's so absent-minded | hyperbole |
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| 5) | Very sick | metaphor |
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| 1 | “Do you do anything other than eating?" | |
| 2 | “Are you feeling unwell?” | |
| 3 | “I don’t have a camera phone “ | |
| 4 | “I told you I am thirteen, the same age as you." | |
| 5 | “You are a brave pair!” |
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tr __ __ s
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