CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The words which express the author’s embarrassment in the lesson “A House is not A Home” are embarassed, geek and strange, and weird and backpack.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: In the beginning, before her house was burnt, the writer was unhappy in her new school. She felt awkward and lonely starting as a freshman after having been a senior in junior high. She found it difficult to relate to her classmates and teachers, and continued to visit her old teachers, who she missed terribly.

Detailed explanation-3: -The author also shared his memory of how his house caught fire once when he and his mother ran into the neighbour’s house to inform the fire department. Then his mother rushed to the home again to save the metal box, pictures, documents, and letters by his father. However, the firemen were able to save his mother.

Detailed explanation-4: -Q1. Why did Zan feel awkward and isolated during his first year of high school? Ans: Zan’s position during his first year of high school as the junior most class made him feel awkward. The big size of the new school and the separation from his closest friends made him feel isolated.