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Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces. Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor: The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The paperseeming boy, with rat’s eyes. The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones, reciting a father’s gnarled disease, his lesson, from the desk. At back of the dim class one unnoted, sweet and young.i. The phrase ‘weighed-down head’ DOES NOT refer to being a) burdened by poverty. b) ashamed at her plight. c) distressed due to difficulties. d) dizzy with a headache.ii Pick the option that matches the words / phrases with the literary device.Word/phraseLiterary device1. like rootless weedsA. metaphor2. Paper - seeming boyB. pun3.recitingC. synecdocheD. similea) 1-A, 2-D, 3-C b) 1-D, 2-B, 3-A c) 1-D, 2-A, 3-B d) 1-B, 2-A, 3-Ciii Pick the option that enumerates the tone of the poet in this extract. 1. apprehensive 2. compassionate 3. resentful 4. thoughtful 5. disillusioned 6. woeful a) 2, 4 and 6 b) 1, 4 and 5 c) 3, 5 and 6 d) 1, 3 and 6 iv The ‘gusty waves’, most likely, indicate a) survival and struggle. b) verve and brightness. c) drudgery and dullness. d) animation and alertness.

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i. (d)

ii. (c) 

iii. (a)

 iv. (b)



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