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2.1 You Start Dying Slowly ... — My English Coursebook STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardSemi English MediumSTD 10My English Coursebook2.1 You Start Dying Slowly ...5 Marks
Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Choose the correct alternative and complete the sentences: (2)
(1) The poet suggests to listen to _______________. (the sounds of animals/the sounds of life.)
(2) The poet suggests to speak to _______________. (unfamiliar people/parents)

If you do not travel,
If you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly...
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly...
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly...

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) What things can lead to slow death?  (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Give your own rhyming words for the ollowing : (1)
(1) different   (2) same
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Answer

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) The poet suggests to listen to the sounds of life.
(2) The poet suggests to speak to unfamiliar people.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1)    Following things can lead one to a slow death. If one ignores travelling, reading, listening to the sounds of life, knowing one's own qualities, keeping your self-respect, telling others to help you, then one can lead to slow death.
      Also, if one becomes a slave of one's habits, does the same things every day without changing the routine, wears the same colours, avoids speaking to strangers, one can lose his/her happy future.

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) different - colour
(2) same - paths

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