Concept Notes 4-Literature and its Elements

Question 1

body of written works

Answer 1

literature

Question 2

refers to verse expressions,with measures,rhymes lines,stanzas and melodious tone.

Answer 2

poetry

Question 3

meant to be sung

Answer 3

lyric poem

Question 4

tells a story

Answer 4

narratve poem

Question 5

related to drama

Answer 5

dramatic poem

Question 6

common flow of conversation

Answer 6

prose

Question 7

which illustrates truths about human life

Answer 7

fiction

Question 8

may contain fictional elements

Answer 8

non-fiction

Question 9

offers direct or indirect suggestions about its meaning

Answer 9

context clues

Question 10

the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people,encompassing language,religion,cuisine,social habits,music,and arts

Answer 10

culture

Question 11

existence of variation of different characteristcs in a group of people

Answer 11

diverisity

Question 12

our legacy from the past

Answer 12

heritage

Question 13

time and place

Answer 13

setting

Question 14

interrelated sequence

Answer 14

plot

Question 15

very beginning of a story,authors usually introduce the major characters

Answer 15

exposition/initial action

Question 16

the part when tension starts to build up,facing and conquering minor conflicts.

Answer 16

rising action

Question 17

finally have to face an solve the major conflict

Answer 17

climax

Question 18

the tension lessens,after the climax

Answer 18

falling action

Question 19

conclusion or ending of a story

Answer 19

resolution/deneouement

Question 20

refers to a person,an object an animal,or imaginary creature personified in the story

Answer 20

character

Question 21

who does the heroic acts in the story

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protagonist

Question 22

who opposes the protagonist in some way

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antagonist

Question 23

problem that the main characters have to face

Answer 23

conflict

Question 24

a conflict of the story which the struggle is between the protagonist and the antagonist

Answer 24

man vs man

Question 25

a conflict that takes place within the characters itself

Answer 25

man vs self

Question 26

a conflict that occurs when the character has a conflict with the government,cultural,or societal tradition

Answer 26

man vs society

Question 27

a conflict that happens when the protagonist faces a struggle againts gods,gods,and supernatural forces.

Answer 27

man vs supernatural

Question 28

angle of narration

Answer 28

point of view

Question 29

the narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings

Answer 29

first person

Question 30

when the narrator is removed from the story and it tellls it from an outside perspective

Answer 30

third person

Question 31

central idea or messsage of a story

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theme

Question 32

the story of ramayana is written by?

Answer 32

maharshi valmiki

Question 33

an acient sanskrit comprosing of 24,000 verses in seven cantos

Answer 33

ramayana

Question 34

the story was written by blank,a hindu sage who lived around the beginning of the first millennium B.C .He is reffered as the?

Answer 34

adikavi

Question 35

in ramayana,the theme is about showing love and doing ones duties and responsibilities,known as ?

Answer 35

dharma