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You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
You have been waiting long in the city of bus-stop.
Solution
Oh, bother! Now I shall be late for school again.
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You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
Your final exam results are to be declared tomorrow.
You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
Your mother has been chatting for very long on the telephone.
With the help of the clues, pick out words containing the letter ‘a’ from the poem, and build a word-pyramid.
(a) an article
(b) a preposition
(c) the past tense of ‘lie’
(d) the maximum length of your open palm
(e) make much of
(f) loveliness
(g) in place of
(h) a collection of priceless valuables
(i) restlessness and discontent
Choose the correct alternative from the following
_____________ is an example of a Pun from the poem.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
___________________ is an example of Paradox from the poem.
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
What does God want in return from man, for the gifts He has bestowed upon him?
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
Besides those given in the poem, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above his other creations? Enlist them.
Write Critical Appreciation of the poem in a paragraph format.
Points
- Title
- Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Favourite line
- Theme/Central idea
- Figures of speech
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/ dislike the poem.
Write a paragraph on the points in the block given below to get a summary of the given stanza of the poem.
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Write a paragraph on the points in the block given below to get a summary of the given stanza of the poem.
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