Lost Spring (Literary Devices)

Lost Spring (Literary Devices)

Quiz

 

1. Saheb-e- Alam, which means Lord of the universe, is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality.
   1.   Hyperbole
   2.   Irony
   3.   Metaphor
2. Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically.
   1.   Irony
   2.   Antithesis
   3.   Metaphor
3. For the children it is wrapped in wonder; for the elders it is a means of survival.
   1.   Antithesis
   2.   Irony
   3.   Metaphor
4. Scrounging for gold
   1.   Irony
   2.   Metaphor
   3.   Antithesis
5. And survival in Seemapuri means rag picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art.
   1.   Metaphor
   2.   Antithesis
   3.   Hyperbole
6. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulders.
   1.   Simile
   2.   Hyperbole
   3.   Metaphor
7. Garbage to them is gold
   1.   Metaphor
   2.   Simile
   3.   irony
8. She still has bangles on her wrist but not light in her eyes.
   1.   Irony
   2.   Antithesis
   3.   Metaphor
9. As your hands move mechanically like the terms of a machine, I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make.
   1.   Irony
   2.   Simile
   3.   Hyperbole
10. Few aeroplanes fly over Firozabad.
    1.   Irony
    2.   Metaphor
    3.   Antithesis

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

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One summer morning narrator’s Mourad came to his house at four in the and woke him up by tapping on the of his room. The narrator was to see Mourad sitting on a white horse. Mourad asked him to be quick if he wanted to ride. The narrator, Aram, longed to ride and jumped down to the yard from the window and up onto the horse behind his cousin Mourad.
Since these families were quite poor, Aram concluded that Mourad must have the horse. They rode and Mourad sang. Then Mourad had a ride alone. It seamed he had a way with a horse, for when Aram tried to ride alone, the horse him off and ran away. Since it was broad daylight, Mourad hid the horse in the ham of a . That afternoon, farmer John Byro visited the narrator’s house and related his plight. His white horse had been for over a month.
Uncle Khosrove him with his roaring commands. Aram reported everything to Mourad and requested him to keep the horse till he learnt to ride. Mourad did not . A chance with farmer John Byro after a fortnight firmed up his decision. John Byro had believed the boys since he knew their fathers and was fully aware of the of their family for . Mourad the horse to its owner then next .

The Portrait of a Lady (Cloze Exercise)

The Portrait of a Lady (Cloze Exercise)

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Khushwant Singh draws here an interesting of his grandmother. He presents her as a tender, loving and deeply  old lady. Singh says that his grandmother was an old woman. She was so old that her face was that at the present it was difficult to believe she would ever had been young and . The author says that "she was like the winter landscape in the mountains and exponce of pure white breathing peace and contentment.. His grandpa appeared too old and it was that he ever had a wife.. Singh was the only child at that time. His had gone to live in the city leaving him behind the village under the care of his grandmother. And would also feed him with Chappathi. The School as attached with a temple. Finally in the evening, the author and the grandmother would walk back home the dogs. After a friendly with his grandmother, he had to adopt a new life in the city. Both of them was sent for to settle down in the with his parents. The author went to an school but the grandmother never liked the way he was taught. In due course, Singh went up to a and because of that, he was given a room.Only during the afternoon she would relax by the sparrows with little pieces of bread. Later, Singh went up abroad for higher studies which was for 5 long years. His also taught that it might e the last contact between them when she came in the station to see him off. Singh notices that even at this time when everyone is joyful about his return, grandmother's happiest moments was with her . So she decides that she is not going to waste a single moment by talking so she prayed. Quite suddenly, the falls from her hand and she exhaled her last breath and it was clear that she was no more. And to pay the last homage to the grandmother, thousands of gathered in and around her room. They don't even bother to notice the bread pieces thrown at them. Along with her , the sparrows flew away.