Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
Q. The tone of the given lines is :
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
Q. The golden silence is contrasted with the ________.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
Q. Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements.
Statement A - The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan.
Statement B - The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
Q. Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
The rhyme scheme ‘aaa’ in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e., (). Why?
Q. Read the reasons given below and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning:
(i) It shows the simplicity of the child’s thoughts.
(ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child’s inner world.
(iii) It mirrors a child’s expression.
(iv) It highlights the poet’s aesthetic sensibility.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
A transferred epithet is a literary device where the modifier or epithet is transferred from the noun it is meant to describe to another noun in the sentence.
Q. Based on the given definition of ‘transferred epithet’, choose the option that lists an example of transferred epithet.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
Which option completes the popular adage given below?
Q. _________ silence is gold.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
Q. Which image corresponds to what Amanda, is doing in this extract?
Second image defines what Amanda is doing in this extract. It evokes the image of a calm and green sea.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Q. The purpose of the speaker’s words in the given extract is to:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Q. Pick the option that lists the image which correctly corresponds to the speaker’s mood in the extract.
The speaker is angry. Option 1 shows toil, Option 2 shows confusion, Option 3 shows anger and Option 4 shows crying.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Q. The purpose of the speaker’s words in the given extract is to:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Q. What does the repetition of “Amanda!” at the end of each line reflect?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Q. Which of the following options DOES NOT include example of this literary device?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Q. Select the option that fits with the following:
slouching : straight:: ___________ :___________
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me—
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.
Q. Why is this stanza given within brackets?
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