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English Core · 2023 · 5 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q13
In the chapter 'Poets and Pancakes', the author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how it served…
In the chapter 'Poets and Pancakes', the author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how it served to make the extract engaging.
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highlights work of the makeup department, any decent looking person turned into hideous crimson hued monster
incongruency of the situation - English speaking poets addressing Tamil speaking audience
forty years old man called an office boy
office boy's anger directed towards Subbu
lawyer losing his job by the virtue of being in story department when poets were asked to go home
description of people
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