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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/5/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/5/1, section C, question 10(b), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10(b) · 6 marks · Long answerCompetency-basedThe Ball Poem

You have been chosen to address the school assembly, to speak on the epistemology of loss and the resilience of the human spirit during times of crisis. Prepare the speech draft, with reference to the commonality of themes in 'The Ball Poem' by John Berryman and 'From the Diary of Anne Frank'.

You may begin this way:
Good morning everyone.
Today, I'd like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how to deal with loss and the resilience of the human spirit required during times of crisis.

You may end this way:
To conclude, I'd like to say that ........................ . Thank you.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/5/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Use the given opening and closing, and keep the speech's tone formal.

Hint 2

Take one paragraph on the boy's loss and one on Anne's.

Hint 3

Link them with the common ideas: loss as universal and as a teacher of resilience.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Good morning everyone. Today, I'd like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how to deal with loss and the resilience of the human spirit required during times of crisis.

    1 mark

  2. In 'The Ball Poem', a boy loses his ball, and the poet says that no money can buy it back. Loss is part of growing up, and the boy is 'learning the epistemology of loss', learning how to stand up again.

    2 marks

  3. In 'From the Diary of Anne Frank', Anne loses her freedom, her home and her ordinary life in hiding during the Holocaust. Yet she keeps writing and hoping, and she believes in people's goodness.

    2 marks

  4. Common themes: loss is universal and part of growing; it brings maturity; and resilience means facing loss and standing up again. To conclude, I'd like to say that loss teaches us strength, and we must face it with courage and hope. Thank you.

    1 mark

Answer: A speech draft linking the loss in 'The Ball Poem' and Anne Frank's diary through the shared themes of loss, growing up and resilience.

Where the marks are

  • Content: three points covering both texts and the common themes (3 marks)
  • Expression: speech style, given opening and closing used (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Ball Poem (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Ball Poem, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 2/5/1: every question, by section.

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