Question 1: Identify all the exclamatory sentences in the passage.

Answer: What a magnificent sight! (and possibly: expressing their emotions openly and loudly!)

Question 2: Explain how the exclamation 'What a magnificent sight!' affects the tone of the passage.

Answer: It conveys surprise and admiration, heightening the excitement.

Question 3: What grammatical features are typically present in exclamatory sentences?

Answer: They often begin with 'What' or 'How', and end with an exclamation mark.

Question 4: Are the phrases 'in awe' and 'in a cascade of colours' exclamations? Justify your answer.

Answer: No, they are descriptive phrases, not exclamations.

Question 5: Highlight the punctuation used in exclamatory sentences and explain its importance.

Answer: The exclamation mark; it signifies strong emotion or emphasis.

Question 6: Rewrite the sentence "Everyone's faces lit up with joy and surprise" as an exclamatory sentence.

Answer: What a sight it was to see everyone's faces lit up with joy and surprise!

Question 7: Identify the effect of exclamations on the reader’s perception of the scene.

Answer: They make the scene seem more vivid, exciting, and emotionally charged.

Question 8: Create your own exclamatory sentence imagining a fireworks display.

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Question 9: In your opinion, why do writers use exclamations in descriptive writing? Support your answer with examples.

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Question 10: Identify and annotate the exclamations in the poem "The Night of Fireworks" provided below: "The sky erupts with colour and light, What a spectacle, a wondrous sight!" "Laughter echoes through the night, Oh, what a thrilling delight!"

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