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CLASS 11 · WOVEN WORDS · CHAPTER 25

What is a Good Book?

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Understanding the Text

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Question Understanding the Text

What are the limits of a “book of the hour”?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

A book of the hour may be useful or enjoyable for a short time, but it may not contain ideas with lasting value.

Question Understanding the Text

What qualities should readers bring to enter the company of great writers?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

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Readers need humility, patience, attention, and willingness to understand ideas different from their own.

Question Understanding the Text

Why does Ruskin say reading a good author can take effort?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

Important ideas may be expressed in unfamiliar or carefully chosen language.

Question Understanding the Text

Why does Ruskin emphasise accuracy in reading and language?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

A small change in a word can alter meaning.

Talking About the Text

Textbook pages Talking About the Text

Question Talking About the Text

Why does Ruskin ask readers to examine meaning word by word?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

Careful attention helps readers notice shades of meaning and avoid guessing.

Question Talking About the Text

Why is the choice of words important to communication?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

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The right word can express an idea clearly and exactly; a vague or incorrect word can confuse readers.

Appreciation

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Question Appreciation

What features show that the passage began as a public lecture?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

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The speaker addresses listeners directly, uses repeated openings such as “And,” poses questions, and builds balanced phrases for emphasis.

Question Appreciation

How might the language of an 1864 lecture differ from language used today?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

Some vocabulary, sentence patterns, and references may sound formal or old-fashioned today.

Language Work

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Question Language Work

What effect does beginning sentences with “And” create?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

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Beginning with “And” makes the lecture sound continuous and conversational, while linking each new point to the one before it.

Question Language Work

What is a balanced sentence, and why is it effective?

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State the main idea and connect it to a detail from the essay.

Answer

A balanced sentence places two related ideas in parallel forms, often contrasting them.

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