Download App

Unit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion — English STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10EnglishUnit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion1 Mark
Question
Pick out examples of Alliteration from the extract.
✓

Answer

(1) Parting with his poison-flash Repetition of the sound of the letter 'p'.
(2) of diabolic tail in the dark room Repetition of the sound of the letter 'd'.
(3) throwing giant scorpion shadows. Repetition of the sound of the letter 's'.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Explore more

More "A3: Activity based on Poetic Device" from Unit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion→Unit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion — all question types→English STD 10 question papers→Maharashtra Board STD 10 question papers→Maharashtra Board question paper generator→

Similar questions

'For if I should' (sald He)
Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts Instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.
So both should losers be.
Yet let him keep the rest.
But keep them with repining restlessness: Let him be rich and weary, that at last, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness may toss Him to my breast.

Write the rhyming words from the lines.

→
Pick out the lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using words) of the following people :
(i) Judge (5th stage)
(ii) Senior citizen (6th stage)
→
Divide the class into two groups. One group should offer points in favour of (views) and the other against (counterviews) the topic : 'The life of an animal is better than that of a human being. Later use the points to express your own views/counterviews in paragraph format in your notebook.
→
Give one example of Rhetorical Question from the poem. Explain.
→
Explain the figures of speech in the following lines:
(a) a glass of blessings
*(b) Rest in the bottom lay
→
Match the words given in Table A with their meanings in Table B:

AB
(1) whine(a) an offence against religious ormoral law
(2) sin(b) complain in an annoying way
(3) evince(c) mental illness
(4) mania(d) failing to take proper care
(5) negligent(e) show

→
Write two pairs of rhyming words from the extract:
→
Find the lines from the extract which mean:
(a) become crazy for the goal
(b) toil hard happily
(c) get rid of all fears
(d) make efforts continuously
→
Pick out an example of Antithesis from the extract :
→
Write down the rhyming words from the stanzas for the following:
(1) fight (2) clash
→