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Infer the meaning of the following words from the context.
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Now, look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right.
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What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
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What has the camera captured?
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What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
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The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
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What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.
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What does “this circumstance” refer to?
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The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
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Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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honing our seafaring skills
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ominous silence
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Mayday calls
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pinpricks in the vast ocean
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a tousled head
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List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
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Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
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Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.
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What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
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How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
ducking back
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What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?
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Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risk involved?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
manoeuvres
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
billowed
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We have come across words like 'gale' and 'storm' in the account. Here are two more words for 'storm': typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for 'storm'?
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