CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which topic was she to write an essay on as a part of her punishment?
A
A Chatterbox
B
An incorrigible chatterbox
C
Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mr Keesing asked her to write an essay on the topic ‘A Chatterbox’ as punishment. In the essay, she accepted the drawbacks of being talkative but argued that it was in her genes, as her mother was also very talkative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Explanation:Anne Frank got the punishment t write essays as she continuously talked in the class. The topic of her first essay was “ A Chatterbox", the second was ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox” and the third was “Quack, Quack, Quack".

Detailed explanation-3: -In her final entry, Frank wrote of how others perceive her, describing herself as “a bundle of contradictions.” She wrote: “As I’ve told you many times, I’m split in two. One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things.

Detailed explanation-4: -In her first essay, Anne was given the task of writing on the subject “A Chatterbox” in which she had to present the necessity of talking. As she began thinking, she was able to write three pages in which she argued that talking was a student’s trait but would do her best to control it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complete answer: Mr. Keesing was frustrated with her, over her habit of talking too much. Despite his warnings when she didn’t curb her habit, he gave her an additional assignment of writing an essay on the topic ‘ A Chatterbox’.

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