Hiranandani Foundation School International
Hiranandani Foundation School International
Hiranandani Foundation School International
International
2022-2023
II Weekly Test
SUBJECT: English Language GRADE – VI DIV- DATE: 11 November,
A/B/C 2022
I- Read the following short paragraphs and fill in the Evidence, Explanation, and
Effect in the table given below.
1- The sunflowers in the vase aren't simply dead, they're dried like the
ornamental blooms my nan once suspended in her kitchen. Somehow the petals
remain stuck fast, radiating around the brown centre, its pure chocolate hues so
bold in the pale room.
they're dried like the Fig of speech-similie, The writer has created
ornamental blooms Anti-thesis vivid imagery in the
my nan once readers mind that the
suspended in her sunflowers are dried but
kitchen. hues so bold the leaves are still there
in the pale room. and also creating a
contrast
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is a deep silver monotone
ballerina
3- Each raindrop is like a kaleidoscope if we could only see more closely. I wonder
as I walk how it would be to stop time, to suspend this watery gift, and peek through
each one.
4- The clouds were arranged as neatly as a child's toys, scattered over blue,
content to drift where they fell. The morning sun had the potential to bring a day
as hot as yesterday, but those wonderful puffs of white radiated it back out into
space. The air was cooler, the colours less vivid and all without a drop of rain.
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5- A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black
Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain
lights like the pattern of watered silk.
but with the Fig of speech- simile The writer has created a
panther markings visual imagery about the
showing up in shadow
certain lights like
the pattern of
watered silk.
6- When I saw the dove soar high above my home, I immediately knew that the
worst was over.
Dove soar high Fig of speech- anti- The writer has created a
above my home thesis starking contrast
7- After losing my loved one, I spent several weeks drowned in a sea of grief.
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Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect
9- The night was calm. The only sound that could be heard was that of the howling
winds.
10- The Corona Virus Pandemic and lockdown era showed us tougher times. A
normal 24 hours a day seemed like a month, and months seemed to be years.
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seemed to be years.
11- As we walked through the thick forest, I looked back and saw an angry, green,
venomous snake crawling from beneath the thick shrubs.
12- For many reasons, the dark forest is my greatest fear, though not a fear that I
necessarily like to venture into.
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into.