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- Imagine that you are the captain of your school Kabaddi team. Your final match is against a very strong team. Your team members are sure that you will lose. How will you boost their morale? Prepare a short list of what can encourage the team. Remind them that we reached the final by our own hard work and skill. Tell them that no team is unbeatable; a match is decided on the day, n... 1
- Pick out lines that contain Imagery of the following people: (a) School boy (2nd stage) (b) Soldier (4th stage) (c) Judge (5th stage) (d) Senior citizen (6th stage) School boy: “with his satchel / And shining morning face, creeping like snail” Soldier: “Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard” Ju... 1
- Shakespeare uses lines with a steady rhythm of 5 beats in each (Blank Verse). Copy the lines from “And all the men and women merely players” to “sudden and quick in quarrel” and put a stress mark on each of the stressed syllables. (Stressed syllables are shown in bold capitals.) And ALL the MEN and WOmen MEREly PLAYers; They HAVE their EXits AND their ENtranCES, And ON... 1
- Think and write on your own.(a) What is the theme/central idea of this poem? The poem compares the world to a stage and all men and women to actors. Every person enters at birth and exits at death, and in his lifetime... 1
- Think and write on your own.(b) Which two stages of man described by Shakespeare sound humorous? Say why. The 3rd stage (the lover) and the 6th stage (the pantaloon) sound humorous. The lover sighs like a furnace and writes a sad song on his belo... 1
- Think and write on your own.(c) The last (7th) stage of life sounds very sad and miserable. How can you make old age also cheerful and happy? Old age can be made cheerful if the family gives elders love, respect and company. We should spend time with them, listen to them and involv... 1
- The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparisons from the poem for: (a) world (b) actors (c) birth and death (d) school boy (e) the lover’s sigh (f) spotted leopard (g) last stage (old age) world – a stage actors (players) – all the men and women birth and death – entrances and exits school boy – a snail (creeping like snail) th... 1
- Pick out from the poem two examples of each: (a) Simile (b) Onomatopoeia (c) Alliteration (d) Metaphor (e) Inversion (f) Transferred Epithet Figure of speechExamples (a) Simile1. creeping like snail 2. sighing like furnace (also: bearded like the pard) (b) Onomatopoeia1. mewling a... 1
- Read the poem again and write an appreciation of the poem in a paragraph format (title, poet, rhyme scheme, favourite line, theme, figures of speech, special features, why I like/dislike the poem). ‘All the World’s a Stage’ is taken from the play ‘As You Like It’ written by William Shakespeare, the greatest dramatist of the English lang... 1
- Make a list of the weapons used in the old times and in the present times. Weapons used in the pastWeapons used nowadays swordrifle / gun spearmachine gun bow and arrowmissile shieldtank mace (gada)fighter plane / b... 1
- Name the following ‘sevens’: (a) The seven wonders of the world (b) The seven continents (c) The seven colours of the rainbow (d) The seven notes of music (e) The seven seas of the world Seven wonders (new list): the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Petra, the Colosseum, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Christ the Redeemer Seve... 1
- Life is often compared to many things. Write down 7 things that life can be compared to and justify the comparison. (Example: Life is a keyboard, because if you press the right keys you have typed a good destiny.) Life is a keyboard, because if you press the right keys you have typed a good destiny. Life is a journey, because we travel through differen... 1
- Match the approximate ages with the stages.(1) Birth to 2 years (2) 3 years to 12 years (3) 13 years to 17 years (4) 18 years to about 44 years (5) About 45 years to 60 years (6) 65 years up to 75 to 80 years (7) Above 80 years(a) teenage/adolescence… (1) – (d) babyhood/infancy; (2) – (g) childhood; (3) – (a) teenage/adolescence; (4) – (f) adulthood; (5) – (c) middle-age; (6) – (e) senior... 1
- What do ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ refer to? ‘Exits’ refer to deaths and ‘entrances’ refer to births. Just as actors enter and leave the stage, human beings are born and die. 1
- Why is reputation like a bubble? Reputation is like a bubble because it is short-lived and can burst (be lost) at any moment. Yet the soldier risks his life, even facing the... 1
- What is the major difference noticed in the 5th and 6th stage of life? In the 5th stage the man is a justice – well-fed, with a fat round belly, severe eyes, a formally cut beard and full of wise sayings; he is... 1
- Read the words in the given clouds (Stage, Characters, Script, Dialogues, Entry, Exit) and match them with what they signify (Birth, Situations/Incidents, Story of Life, Death, Conversation, Roles played by human beings, Life). WordWhat it signifies StageLife (the world) CharactersRoles played by human beings ScriptStory of life DialoguesConversation EntryBirth Exit... 1
- Read the poem carefully and complete the table: Ages of Man – Role – Qualities/Actions (two for each of the seven ages). AgeRoleQualities/Actions 1Infant1. mewling (crying) 2. puking in the nurse’s arms 2Schoolboy1. whining, with satchel and shining morning fac... 1