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Question
Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using words) of the following people.
- School boy - _____________
(2nd stage) - _____________ - Soldier - ___________
(4th stage) - _________ - Judge - ___________
(5th stage) - ___________ - Senior citizen - ___________
(6th stage) - ____________
Solution
- School boy (2nd stage)-
1. The whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face
2. creeping like a snail unwillingly to school. - Soldier (4th stage)-
1. Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard
2. Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel. - Judge (5th stage)-
1. In fair round belly with good capon lined
2. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut - Senior citizen (6th stage)-
1. His youthful hose, well-saved, a world too wide
2. For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice.
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Match the approximate ages with the stages.
| No | Age-group | Stages | |
| 1 | Birth to 2 years | a | teenage/adolescence |
| 2 | 3 years to 12 years | b | old age/second childhood |
| 3 | 13 years to 17 years | c | middle - age |
| 4 |
18 years to about 44 years |
d | babyhood/infancy |
| 5 |
About 45 years to 60 years |
e | senior citizen/elderly person |
| 6 |
65 years up to 75 to 80 years |
f | adulthood |
| 7 |
Above 80 years |
g | childhood |
Read the words in given clouds. Match them with what they signify.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Stage | 1. Birth |
| (b) Characters | 2. Situations/Incidents |
| (c) Script | 3. Story of Life |
| (d) Dialogues | 4. Death |
| (e) Entry | 5. Conversation |
| (f) Exit | 6. Roles played by human beings |
| 7. Life |
Read the poem carefully and complete the following table.
| Ages of man | Role | Qualities/Actions |
Write down in your own words the differences between the following stages of a man's life.
- 2nd stage and the 4th
- 3rd stage and 5th stage
- 1st stage and 7th (last) stage
Think and write on your own.
What is the theme/central idea of this poem?
Think and write on your own.
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Think and write on your own.
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Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:
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All the World’s a Stage All the world’s a stage, - William Shakespeare |
Points:
- The title and the poet of the poem (01)
- Rhyme scheme (01)
- Figures of speech (01)
- Central Idea/Theme (02)
