Here are the answers of the given questions above:
18. The sentence that contains an error in colon usage is option C. Brandon wanted to go fishing: but I wanted to go sailing. In this sentence, it should be a comma and not a colon.
19. An example of an indirect quotation would be option D. The lawyer said that your case will not take long. Indirect quotations no longer need quotation marks.
Answer:
The Blue Umbrella, a good work of Ruskin Bond. Through this book, Ruskin Bond tells about the story of Binya, a young charming girl in a village of Himachal Pradesh. had a beautiful blue umbrella which was popular among the villagers.
And a shopkeeper named Ram Bharosa who have a strong envious towards this umbrella and however he want that umbrella at any cost. But Binya didn't give the umbrella to Ram Bharosa. One day the Ram's servant tried to steal the umbrella and he was caught by the villagers. After that the villagers didn't cooperate with the Ram's shop.
Seeing this pathethic situation Binya feels sorry with the Ram Bharosa and she gifted the umbrella to him. In favor to that he gifted her a neckalce with a bear's claww.
The writer described the incidents in a good way which makes the readers to sit and complete the book.
hope it helps...
Explanation:
<em>The major device used at the beginning of the poem is personification.
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I hope this helped you.
<em><u>~hEcKiNsHoBe</u></em>
