Question

Here are some direct quotations from the story. Identify the speaker and write what each quotation suggests about the speaker. You can use the adjectives given in the box and may also add your own. amiable, tender, gentle, sympathetic, understanding, determined, diligent, kind, concerned, systematic, wise, helpful, enthusiastic, selfish, cruel, humble, religious, prudent Speaker Quotation Quality Highlighted a 'Avva, is everything all right? Are you O.K.?' b 'At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.' c 'Avva, don't cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?' d 'We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.' e 'I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.' f 'For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.' g I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.'

Answer 1

Answer:

a.Speaker- Granddaughter.

 Quotation-'Avva, is everything all right? Are you O.K.?'  

 Quality highlighted- Kind, Sympathetic.

b. Speaker- Avva.

 Quotation- 'At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.'  

 Quality highlighted- Determined, Wise.

c. Speaker- Granddaughter.

 Quotation- 'Avva, don't cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?'

 Quality highlighted- Concerned, Helpful.

d. Speaker- Avva.

 Quotation-  'We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.'

 Quality highlighted- Determined.

e. Speaker- Avva.

 Quotation- ‘I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.’

 Quality highlighted- Religious, Systematic.

f. Speaker- Avva.

 Quotation- ‘For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.’

 Quality highlighted- Determined, Prudent.

g. Speaker- Avva

 Quotation- 'I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.’

Quality highlighted- Humble .