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Repetition is more of a rhetoric device than figure of speech which can be used in prose as well as poetry. In repetition words, phrases, a line or an idea is repeated more than once to emphasize a point and its significance in a text. Repetition can occur in different modes which can be repetition of a sound as in alliteration or repetition of words at the start of clauses or verses as in
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Find appropriate homophones of the following. One is done for you: 5
throne - thrown
died, great, gate, bale, heard
The catch of herrings lay like a pool of quick-silver.
How is Amalkanti’s dream different from that of the other boys in the class? What does it tell us about him?
Replace the underlined words in the sentences by a phrasal verb from the box. You may
change the form of the phrasal verb, if need be. There is one extra phrasal verb.
i We really should reduce expenses if the play is to make a profit.
ii The actors will have to obey the director’s instructions faithfully.
iii Meera refused our offer to make her the star.
iv She had promised to act in the play, but she withdrew later.
v This was when she discovered that she had been cast as an alien from outer space.
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.
I will write a letter to his mother that will open her eyes as wide as a gate.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles a/the.
Last year we went on ……… trekking-holiday near Madurai. While there, we set out to
climb ………highest hill. We borrowed ………map from some fellow trekkers. They told
us to follow ………routes marked on ………map. v