What does an editor do? How is his work an important aspect of publishing?

Write a dialogue between siblings who have just learnt that they have been adopted. How do they react? What do they plan to do?

Using the omniscient mode of narration, write a short account of a man sentenced to imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.

Why does the author call pneumonia ‘short-breathed’?

Why did Sue and Johnsy become friends? What interests did they share?

Personification is a literary device in which something inanimate or abstract is described as a

living being. Find an example of personification in the story and write a description of it in

your own words. Write a paragraph using this device to personify something that you see

commonly in your daily life (a mirror, a clock, a wall etc)

What is a formula story? Write a short story on the theme of duty and reward on the lines of a formula story with an appropriate ending.