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Read the line given below and answer the question that follow. ..........Free imaginations Bringing changes into a world resenting - English

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Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

..........Free imaginations

Bringing changes into a world resenting change.

  1. How does free imagination help the world?
  2. Identify the figure of speech.
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Solution

  1. Free imagination brings changes to the world.
  2. Personification
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Chapter 5.2: A Father to his Son - Exercise [Page 166]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 12 TN Board
Chapter 5.2 A Father to his Son
Exercise | Q 4 f) | Page 166

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