DHAPALAPUR VIDYA VIHAR SCHOOL

Subject: ENGLISH Date: Mahalingapur Road Kodihal ,

Topic: The grass is really
Name: Ranna- Belagali-587113
like me.

Grade : IX
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Ref No: DVVS/22-23/I/WS/English/002
Parent/Guardian signature: ASSESSMENT

I. Choose the correct option:

1.The poet compares her life to

A) the life of another woman B) the life of a lawn mower
C) the life of a blade of grass D) None of the above.

2.‘It has to unfurl underfoot to fulfil itself means it has to

A) wilt down and die B) prove its existence
C) get trodden by people D) dry up and become straw.

3. “The grass is also like me”. The word ‘me’ refers to

A) the poet only B) people in general
C) women in general D) one particular woman.

4. The lawn mower in the case of the poet is

A) man B) a woman
C) the people D) the government.

5.‘How you strive and endeavour to a level woman down too’. means men push down women whenever the
women
A) assert themselves B) show what they are
C) show what they can do D) All of the above.

6.‘The lawn mower obsessed with flattening it into velvet’ The figure of speech employed here is
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Personification D) Oxymoron.

7. Women are oppressed constantly and hence their desire to manifest themselves
A) dies forever B) never dies
C) never tries to show itself D) accepts defeat.

8. The women who are like straw

A) accept defeat and never grow B) are stuck down at the bottom
C) are united with the earth D) All of the above.

II. Answer the following question in a word or a sentence.

1.What does the poet compare herself to?

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2.How does the grass try to fulfil itself?

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3. What happens to the grass when it tries to raise its head?

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4.Who is compared to the lawn mower?

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5. What does not die with either the grass or with the woman?

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6. How are the earth and woman similar?

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III. Read the definition and examples of the grammar concept mentioned below and solve the
exercise:

Similes, Metaphors,
Personification and oxymoron

Both similes and metaphors are forms of comparison that compare words in a sentence. They can
be used to make your sentences more interesting. How are similes and metaphors different?

Similes

A simile is a word that compares words in a sentence. You can usually tell if a simile is present in a
sentence when you see the words as or like.

Ex : The thunder was as loud as fireworks.

He looks like a superman

Metaphor

Like a simile, a metaphor compares words in a sentence; however, instead of saying that one thing
is like something else, a metaphor actually makes one thing become something very different by
renaming it. A metaphor can sometimes use words like is, are, or was (and other words) to signal
that a metaphor is present. However, a metaphor never uses the words like or as to compare.

Ex : Her eyes were diamonds.

He is a shining star.
 Personification
Personification is the act of giving non-living things human characteristics.
Ex : Our house is an old friend of ours
Lightning danced across the sky.

Oxymoron

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposite meanings, like

“old news,” “deafening silence,” or “organized chaos.” Oxymorons may seem illogical at first, but in

context they usually make sense.

IV. Below are sentences that contain similes and metaphors. Underline the two words in each
sentence that are being compared.

1. The cat’s fur was a blanket of warmth.

2. The lamp was a beacon of sunshine.

3. The fireworks were a lantern in the sky.

4. Sameer slept like a log.

5. Melody was as sweet as pie.

6. Prutvi is lightning as he runs the race.

7. Anvita sings like an expert.

8. Sangeeta’s voice is melodious

9. Prajwal is a fish when she swims.

10. Gurukiran is like a computer when he does his math.

V. Write on the lines below whether each sentence above is a simile or a metaphor. Write S for

simile or M for metaphor.

1.____ 2. ____ 3 .____ 4.____5.____ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____

VI. Create your five similes and Metaphor of your own

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5. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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5…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

VII. Below are several sentences. If a metaphor is present, write a simile to take its place. If a simile
is present, write a metaphor to take its place. It is fine to slightly modify your sentences in your
answers.

1. Srujan is a chef when he’s in the kitchen.

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2. Maddy is as lovable as melody

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3. The car was a jet when it passed by us.

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4. Melody played the violin like an expert.

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5. The music was as soothing as rain.

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6. The grass is a green carpet for the golfers.

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VIII. Use the words given in the boxes to create personification

begging, waved, flies , hide and seek , friend, yells, winked , likes, amazing,
smiled,

1. My alarm clock ……………..at me to get out of bed every morning.

2. My house is a ……………………who protects me.

3. The moon played …………………………. with the clouds.

4. The approaching car's headlights ………………………. at me.

5. The camera ………………. her since she is so pretty.

6. My flowers were …………………..for water.

7. The wildfire ran through the forest at an……………………….. speed.

8. The moon…………………. at the stars in the sky.

9. The leaves ……………… in the wind.

10. Time …………………when you're having fun.

VIII. Read the poem and underline the oxymoron and find out the meanings of the oxymoron using
the dictionary.

O Brawling Love, O Loving Hate

“Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Write the Meanings of the words
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate
O anything, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity,
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!

IX. Write any 10 Oxymoron words of your choice:

1. …………………………………… 6……………………………………….

2. ……………………………….…… 7…………………………………….....

3. ………………………….………… 8……………………………………….

4. ……………………….…………… 9……………………………………....

5. …………………………..………… 10……………………………………….
X. Read the explanation of the poem .

In the poem ‘The Grass Is Really Like Me’, the poet Kishwar Naheed talks on the difficulties that women in the

world today, encounter. The poet compares her life to the existence of a blade of grass. This poetry

embraces feminist theory. In her poem, the poet likens herself to grass. Because she believes that the state of

women and the condition of the grass are similar, she is equating herself with the grass. She refers to the entire

women’s community when she says “me.”

Theme of The Poem

The poem has a feminist edge thanks to the poet, who identifies as a feminist. She has drawn attention to

issues that oppress women and attempt to rule them. The lawnmower removes all the grass in the case of the

grass, while the dominant culture hinders the poetess’s efforts to rise to recognition.

Stanza 1

The grass is also like me

it has to unfurl underfoot to fulfil itself

but what does its wetness manifest:

a scorching sense of shame or the heat of emotion?

The poet claims that the grass, like her and all other women, is similar to her in the first stanza of the poem.

Against the ground , they must unfold in order to flourish. But what does the grass’ moisture want? Does it want

the intense heat of an emotion or a burning sensation of guilt?

Stanza 2

The grass is also like me

As soon as it can raise its head

the lawnmower

obsessed with flattening it into velvet,

mows it down again.

In the opening line of the poem’s second stanza, the author asserts that the grass is similar to her and all other

women. She says, that the lawnmower chops it down again as soon as the grass is completely grown and

ready to lift its head. She is attempting to highlight through this, the dominant society that stifles all of her

efforts to rise. The expression “raise its head” means that even in their position of oppression, women are

striving to bloom and they voice their opinion for equality and fight for it, like the grass beneath our feet.
 Stanza 3

How you strive and endeavour

to level woman down too!

But neither the earth’s nor woman’s

desire to manifest life dies.

Take my advice: the idea of making a footpath was a good one.

Kishwar Naheed draws attention to how hard society attempts to demean women. She does, however, make

it clear that neither the earth’s nor woman’s desire to bring life into the world dies. She adds a piece of advice

saying that, creating a pathway was a smart move.

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Those who cannot bear the scorching defeat of their courage

are grafted on to the earth.

That’s how they make way for the mighty

but they are merely straw not grass

The grass is really like me.

The poet is attempting to convey to us that failure paves the path for those who are bigger or stronger.

Chopped grass that has lost its battle lies on the ground. The remaining straw clears the way for the more

machines. Similar to how the weaker women make room for the dominant civilization.

XI. Write the summary of the ‘Poem’ in your own words.

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