Write a note on repetition as a rhetorical device, giving at least five examples from prose,
poetry or drama.

The cynical indifference of the sea to the merits of human suffering and courage, revolted me.

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words from the list given below:

diary, dairy; quiet, quite; profit, prophet; patrol, petrol, desert, dessert

Cow’s milk is sold at this……………

He likes ……surroundings.

The company has made no ………….this year.

The price of …… …. has gone up.

………….was served soon after the dinner.

The words below have a literal as well as an extended meaning. Write the literal meaning of the words. Use the following words in sentences of your own using the ‘extended’ meaning.

angry, train, mouth, break and brain

to beat a retreat

to stick to one’s guns

to steal a march on

to bare the brunt of

to know which way the wind blows

Make a sentence with the following words to bring out the difference between them:

friend, colleague, ally, acquaintance, associate

I will write a letter to his mother that will open her eyes as wide as a gate.