Question

Working with words
1. The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky.
Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
2. Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases.
(i) shaggy monsters
(ii) brackish lakes
(iii) rickety table
(iv) hairpin bend
(v) rudimentary general stores
don't give useless answers..........

Answer 1

Ans 1: ‘Extended banks of cloud-like long French loaves glowed pink as the sun emerged to splash the distant mountain tops with a rose-tinted blush.’

‘We entered a valley where the river was wide and mostly clogged with ice, brilliant white and glinting in the sunshine.’

Ans 2: (i) hairy

(ii) salty

(iii) shaky

(iv) very sharp

(v) elementary; basic

Answer 2

Answer:

the narrator has used many phrases