Question

2.(There is a languid, emerald sea, where the sole inhabitant is me - a
mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
(c) What is the role of mermaid here?
(d) Which word in the extract means opposite of 'sorrowful??​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

(a) Amanda is getting instructions for what purpose?

(b) Give a synonym of ‘hunch’.

(c) What does the speaker of above lines instruct Amanda in the first stanza?

(d) What is the literary device used in the third line?

Answer:

(a) Amanda is getting instructions as a part of her upbringing. Her conduct and manners are getting refined for future purposes.

(b) Bend.

(c) Amanda is getting instructed for biting her nails and sitting lazily with her shoulders bent.

(d) Literary device used in third line is Alliteration. ‘Stop that slouching and sit up straight’.

Question 2.

(There is a languid, emerald sea, where the sole inhabitant is me – a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)

(a) Why are these lines given within brackets?

(b) Give the word from the passage which means free flowing act of going with the motion and force?

(c) What is the role of mermaid here?

(d) Which word in the extract means opposite of ‘sorrowful’?

Answer:

(a) These lines are given within brackets because they reveal the inner thoughts of Amanda. Brackets are used for visual contrast between what Amanda is saying and what her mother is instructing.

(b) Drifting means free flowing act of going with the motion.