Question

B) Don’t bite your nails, Amanda !
    Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!    Stop that slouching and sit up straight, 
            Amanda!
          (i)   Who is giving instructions to Amanda?
                    (a) Amanda’s teacher      (b) Amanda’s grandmother
    (c) Amanda’s mother (d) Amanda’s father  (ii) What does Amanda do to her shoulders?
    (a) Stretches    (b) Hunches    (c) Keep them loose (d) None of these
          (iii)   What is Amanda’s sitting posture?
                    (a)      Sitting straight          (b) Bending on the chair
                    (c)   Slouching      (d)      Not sitting at all
          (iv)   What is the literary device used in the third line?
                    (a) Metaphor           (b) Alliteration
                    (c) Personification           (d)    Simile
(v) The speaker wants Amanda to ____________ (a) learn good habits.
(b)            listen carefully.
(c)             follow the instructions.
(d)            sit in a correct posture.
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Answer 1

We recall the poem, Amanda.

Poem Amanda: Amanda is instructed by her mother to sit straight, not to bite nails, etc

i) Amanda's mother is giving instructions to Amanda

ii)Amanda's shoulders have hunches

iii)Amanda's sitting posture is slouching

iv)In the third line Alliteration is used.

v)The speaker wants Amanda to sit in a correct posture