(B) But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm, He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm.
(i) The name of the poet is _________
(a) Robert Frost (b) Leslie Norris
(c) John Berryman (d) Ogden Nash
(ii) Custard was a _______
(a) dog (b) cat (c) mouse (d) dragon
(iii) Custard snorted like an engine because ______________.
(a) he was emitting fire from his nostrils.
(b) he was angry as the pirate was attacking Belinda.
(c) he wanted to save the other pets from the pirate.
(d) he just wanted to scare the pirate.
(iv) The poetic device used in the third line is ________________.
(a) Simile (b) Metaphor
(c) Alliteration (d) Personification
(v) The rhyme scheme of the above extract is ___________
(a) aabb (b) abab (c) abcb (d) abba
Answers
Answer:
a. ogden nash
b. dragon
c. option a
d. simile
e.abba
Explanation:
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(i) The name of the poet is d) Ogden Nash.
(ii) Custard was a (d) dragon
(iii) Custard snorted like an engine because (a) he was emitting fire from his nostrils.
The pirate did not get a chance to attack Belinda; so, option b is incorrect.
The other pets had already run off therefore there was no question of saving them and so option c is incorrect.
Custard did not just want to scare the pirate. In fact, he ate up the pirate. This makes option d incorrect.
(iv) The poetic device used in the third line is (a) simile. The expression 'like a robin at a worm' directly compares Custard to the robin and the pirate to a worm.
(v) The rhyme scheme of the above extract is (a) aabb because the last words of lines 1 and 2, engine and engine rhyme as do the last words of lines 3 and 4, squirm and worm.
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