Class 10 English - First Flight - Chapter From the Diary of Anne Frank NCERT Solutions | There are some examples of diary or jour
There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’ section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s diary different?
The diary of Anne was originally written in Dutch. It was different from the others in many aspects. It is closer to the memoir in which the name of Raj Kapoor has been mentioned. It was written in Dutch originally. It has informal tone which explains the careful nature of a teenager.
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(i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other.
(ii) I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.
(iii) Margot went to Holland in December, and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.
(iv) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.
(v) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.
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