Consider these sentences for instance. ‘He went into the stable to feed the horses.’ ‘The incident happened few months ago, he got over it now.’ You would wonder why the words ‘into’ and ‘over’ are underlined. Well, they are referred to as prepositions, which are important parts of speech, without …

10th Science Pre-Board Question Paper (2018-19) School Name: Venkateshwar Global School, Sector 13, Rohini, Delhi 110085 IndiaTime: 3 hoursM.M: 80Subject Code: 086Class: XSubject: ScienceDate: 20/02/2019 General Instructions: The question paper comprises two sections, A, B, C, D and E. You are to attempt both the sections. All questions are compulsory. All questions of Section …

8th English Annual Examination (2018-19) School Name: Venkateshwar Global School, Sector 13, Rohini, Delhi 110085 India Time: 3 hours M.M: 80 Subject: English Class: 8 Date: 27/02/2019 General Instructions: The question paper is divided into three sections. Section A: Reading (20 marks) Section B: Grammar & Writing Skills (30 marks) Section C: Literature (30 marks) …

Tautology is one of the key figures of speech and hence, it is important to know what the word signifies. Tautology is the redundant or pointless use of words, which effectually delivers the same meaning. In other words, it can be defined as the term used for retelling the same …

Synecdoche Examples:  The term ‘synecdoche’ might seem unfamiliar but you would’ve surely come across such words or sentences in written text. It can be defined as a figure of speech where part of a sentence describes the entirety. The usage of synecdoche, thus, emphasizes a sentence delivering the right context …

Rhetorical Questions Examples: “Is the Pope Catholic?” It is easy not to see any sense when someone asks you a question like this. You might have come across many such questions in your casual conversation. However, these questions are recognized by English language and are grouped under the category of …

Pun Examples: “Diet slogan: Are you going the wrong weigh?” Do you identify the twist on the word, weigh, which was originally supposed to be spelt ‘way’? Well, words which sound the same but have different meanings are called puns. A better way to describe it would be ‘a play …

Personification Examples: A personification is a figure of speech, which when used in the right way, can make your style of writing and conversing extremely artistic and intriguing. When you use personifications, you endow inanimate objects or abstractions with qualities, characters and abilities that are generally associated with humans. Assume …

Parallelism Examples: Parallelism is a rhetorical device that employs back-to-back verbal constructions in prose or poetry that corresponds in sound, structure, meter, meaning, etc. Besides adding certain symmetry to your writing, parallelism helps accentuate the main ideas and adds force to your expression. In poetry, it encompasses the arrangement of …

Types of Clauses: This is probably not the first time that you’re hearing about clauses. They follow you all the way from your grammar classes till now. And just like the other concepts of English grammar, clauses are also very important in written English. There are different types of clauses; …