I believe the correct answer is Parallelism.
Answer: The boy is from a rich family. He parents tell him to stay away from poor people who would ruin his family image.
Explanation: look at stanza 1-5 and
10-12. The parents explain the hatred for people who don’t dress up nice.
Answer:
tapping on the podium with the fist
Explanation:
Body gestures such as "tapping on the podium with the fist" are often used by good speakers to help make their points and to keep the audience engaged.
This is because "tapping on the podium with the fist" gives a sound like exclamation that drives home a point that tends to show the power and confidence on the part of the speaker.
Option B: rapidly tapping one foot on the floor: shows impatience or releasing of tension. Hence, this is not correct.
Option C. making a hand movement for the listener to come towards the speaker: is a means of asking someone to come forward only, not necessarily to express or give credence to a point. Hence, this is not correct as well.
The poem Cherry Tree is about the ecstasy of the poet over a plant which he has seeded eight years ago.It was a seed of cherry tree which took eight years to grow. In the poem, Ruskin Bond expresses his wonder at the nature works hard to survive in difficult conditions against all odds.Eight years ago, the poet planted a cherry seed because he wanted to have a plant of his own. The young poet used to water it daily but he was unaware of the fact that cherry plant needs extra special care to grow into a healthy tree. Inspite of getting any special attention, by the end of May, the poet saw the small cherry sapling coming out of the ground. It was a very small plant, young and fragile, vulnerable to all kinds of external dangers.
