5AL_CICV_201031

The Pandemic

is a Portal

Extract 4 from A. Roy's essay

April 2020

Multiple Select

In the phrase "bang their pots and pans", what devices is the author using?

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Poll

What do you think Indians did?

• They protested against the lockdown.

• They invaded shops in order to buy supplies.

• They tried to go back to their families.

• They started singing and dancing in the streets.

Multiple Choice

"India revealed herself in all her shame". What literary device is the author using?

• anaphora

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

private residential “colonies” protected by locked gates

Open Ended

"... towns and megacities began to extrude their working-class citizens ..."

The author uses the verb "extrude". What is the corresponding noun? Write it in the box.

Extrusion

the act of shaping metal or plastic by forcing it through a hole; metal or plastic that has been shaped in this way

Open Ended

When she refers to the treatment reserved to people by the authorities, the author uses the following words: "frog jump" and "herded".

What category do these words evoke in your mind?

Open Ended

Write one adjective to describe how the Muslim tailor feels in relationship to the Indian government.

Indian shanties

Multiple Select

Which words are synonyms of cramped?

• uninhibited

• sardined

• packed

• crowded

• jammed