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HSC ENGLISH MARCH 2016 BOARD QUESTION PAPER PAGE NO. 7




SECTION B POETRY.

Q. 4. A. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (4 marks)

1. What does the geographical imagery used in this extract suggest?

Ans. The geographical imagery used in this extract suggests that, the old woman have a wide variety of knowledge with experience and they are the storehouses of information gathered from their experiences over the years.


2. Who do you think should take care of your grandparents? Why?

Ans. Myself, and my parents should take care of my grandparents, because they have cared for us, they loved us and they had given us the proper guiding in life through their vast experience and knowledge.


3. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines:
Old women once
Were continents.

Ans. Metaphor: Here old women are implicitly compared to continents.

4. Find out the expressions that how old women are still capable of caring for others despite their old age?

Ans. who knows,  they might help you find your way home.