1. Mention the chief element of a short story?
Ans. Few
characters, brief setting, simple plot, intense conflict, brevity of length and
common theme are the chief elements of a short story.
2. What is an epic?
Ans. An
epic is a long verse narrative on a serious subject, told in a formal and
elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure on whose
actions depends the fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race.
3. What are the different kind of Essay?
Ans. Descriptive,
persuasive, historical, narrative, reflective, subjective, objective, etc. are
the different kinds of essay.
4. What is an elegy?
Ans. An
elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typical a lament for the dead.
5. What is the soul of short stories?
Ans.
Brevity is the soul of short stories
6. What is satire?
Ans.
Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness
and corruption of an individual or a society by using humour, irony,
exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its
follies and foibles.
7. Name works of Oliver
Goldsmith?
Ans. Enquiry
into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe (1759), The Citizen
of the World (1762), Traveller (1764), The Vicar of Wakefield
(1766), An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1766), The Good-Natur'd
Man (1768), She Stoops to Conquer (1773), The Deserted Village
(1770)
8. What is the importance of Brevity in short story?
Ans. Short
story is meant for a single sitting. Brevity accomplishes the aim of short
story.
9. Who are the chief writers of the periodical essay?
Ans.
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Goldsmith were the
chief writers of the periodical essay.
10. Into how many books is an epic generally divided?
Ans.
An epic is generally divided into 12 books
11. Mention the types of ballad poetry?
Ans. Folk
ballad and literary ballad are the types of ballad poetry.
12. Mention any four short story writers?
Ans. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, H. H. Munro, Rabindranath
Tagore, Leo Tolstoy
