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Exam-11 Topic English literary terms (Part - 1) & (Part - 2) [Live Class: 15 & 16]
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Literary term 'Epic' refers to -
  1. A work of literature that has stood the test of time for its timeless qualities
  2. A narrative poem that tells a story through dialogue and action
  3. A type of poem that celebrates a wedding or marriage
  4. A long narrative poem that tells the story of heroic deeds and adventures
সঠিক উত্তর:
A long narrative poem that tells the story of heroic deeds and adventures
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
A long narrative poem that tells the story of heroic deeds and adventures
ব্যাখ্যা
A long narrative poem that tells the story of heroic deeds and adventures - is the correct meaning of 'Epic'.
- এই মহাকাব্যগুলোয় বীরত্বপূর্ণ কর্মের ইতিহাস তুলে ধরা হয়।

• Ballad এর কিছু সাধারণ বৈশিষ্ট্য রয়েছে।
- যেমন: 
- It is narrative in form and tells a story. 
- এই ধরণের কবিতায় narrator সাধারণত impersonal third person এবং dialogue and action এর মাধ্যমে story বলা হয়।
- এটি dramatically গল্পের মাঝে open হয়।
- Traditionally it deals with rural Labourers or love or legends or supernatural elements or tragic events.

Examples:
- Beowulf,
- Paradise Lost.
 
Other options:
• A work of literature that has stood the test of time for its timeless qualities - Classic.
• A long narrative poem that tells the story of heroic deeds and adventures - Epic.
• A type of poem that celebrates a wedding or marriage - Epithalamion.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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The literary term 'Personification' means -
  1. A figure of speech in which lifeless objects or ideas are given imaginary life
  2. The punishment or reward that is deserved by a character based on their actions
  3. A brief and brilliant expression intended to produce surprise and pleasure
  4. A word or group of words that is self - contradictory
সঠিক উত্তর:
A figure of speech in which lifeless objects or ideas are given imaginary life
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
A figure of speech in which lifeless objects or ideas are given imaginary life
ব্যাখ্যা
∗ The literary term 'Personification' means - A figure of speech in which lifeless objects or ideas are given imaginary life.
- অর্থাৎ 'Personification' এর মাধ্যমে সাহিত্যে নির্জীব বা জড় বস্তুকে ব্যক্তিরুপে প্রকাশ করা হয়।
Example:
- And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu.
এখানে , Joy জীবন্ত মানুষ হিসেবে কল্পনা করা হয়েছে। (Keats: Ode on Melancholy')

Other options:
• The punishment or reward that is deserved by a character based on their actions - Poetic justice.
• A brief and brilliant expression intended to produce surprise and pleasure - Wit.
• A word or group of words that is self - contradictory - Oxymoron.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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'Irony' is a/an -
  1. Exaggerated statement or an extreme overstatement
  2. Expression or statement where real meaning is concealed or contradicted
  3. Negative statement in order to emphasize a positive meaning
  4. Compressed form of simile
সঠিক উত্তর:
Expression or statement where real meaning is concealed or contradicted
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
Expression or statement where real meaning is concealed or contradicted
ব্যাখ্যা
∗ 'Irony' is an Expression or statement where real meaning is concealed or contradicted.
-  'Irony' বলতে মূলত বক্তব্য জোরালো করতে নিজ চিন্তার সম্পূর্ণ বিপরীত কিছু বলে মনোভাব ব্যক্তকরণকে বুঝায়।
- প্রশংসার আদলে নিন্দা কিংবা নিন্দার আদলে প্রশংসা করা হয় এরূপ রচনা দ্বারা।
- অর্থাৎ এ ধরনের উক্তি দ্বারা যা বলা হয়, প্ৰকৃত অর্থ তার সম্পুর্ন বিপরীত বুঝানো হয়।
 
Other options:
• To create exaggerated statement or an extreme overstatement - Hyperbole.
• Compressed form of simile - Metaphor.
• Negative statement in order to emphasize a positive meaning - Litotes.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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'Protagonist' in a play means -
  1. A speech at the beginning of a play
  2. The source of conflict and tension in the plot
  3. The central idea of a literary work
  4. Central character of a play
সঠিক উত্তর:
Central character of a play
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
Central character of a play
ব্যাখ্যা
∗ 'Protagonist' in a play means - Central character of a play.
- নাটকের প্রধান ব্যক্তি / মুখ্যচরিত্রকে 'Protagonist' বলা হয়।

Other options:
• A speech at the beginning of a play - Prologue.
• The central idea of a literary work - Theme.
• The source of conflict and tension in the plot - Antagonist.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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Which of the following is the correct definition of 'Allegory'?
  1. A story within a story
  2. A short story or fable which provides a simple moral lesson
  3. A narrative poem that tells a story through dialogue and action
  4. A comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations, an empty or patently ridiculous act
সঠিক উত্তর:
A story within a story
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
A story within a story
ব্যাখ্যা
• Allegory is a literary term in which one story is told in the guise of another story.
- In other words, an allegory is a story of double meaning or A story within a story.
-  রূপক বা প্রতীকাশ্রয়ী কাহিনীর মাধ্যমে কোন কিছুর বর্ণনা করা হয়।
- Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is a well-known allegory in prose which deals with the Christian notion of a soul’s salvation.
- Dryden’s Absalom and Architople is a political allegory.

 
Other options:
• A short story or fable which provides a simple moral lesson - Apologue.
• 'Ballad' is - A narrative poem that tells a story through dialogue and action.
• A comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations, an empty or patently ridiculous act - Farce.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability." This line is an example of -
  1. Conceit
  2. Assonance
  3. Connotation
  4. Apostrophe
সঠিক উত্তর:
Connotation
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
Connotation
ব্যাখ্যা
• Connotation.
• 'Connotation' refers to - The indirect meaning of a word.
- অর্থাৎ connotation দ্বারা কোন শব্দের আক্ষরিক না বুঝিয়ে কোনো দ্বৈত অর্থের ব্যবহার বোঝায়।
- It is the suggestion or associated significance implied by a word.
n this line, the word "studies" is used with positive connotations, implying that studying serves for delight, ornament, and ability, suggesting a positive and beneficial view of education.

Other options:
• Conceit -  A clever expression in writing or speech that involves a comparison between two things.
• Apostrophe -  An address to someone absent or something abstract as if the person or the thing were present.
• Assonance - - দুটি শব্দের স্বরাঘাতযুক্ত স্বরধ্বনিদ্বয়ের মিলকে Assonance বলে।

Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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'A song of praise that Christians sing to God' is called -
  1. Ballad
  2. Hymn
  3. Limerick
  4. Elegy
সঠিক উত্তর:
Hymn
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
Hymn
ব্যাখ্যা
∗ 'A song of praise that Christians sing to God' is called - Hymn.
- Hymn এর বাংলা হলো প্রশংসামূলক স্তুতিগান।
- সাধারণত এটি খ্রিস্টান উপাসনায় ব্যবহৃত একটি গান।

Other options:
• Limerick - A humorous poem with five lines.
• Ballad - A narrative poem that tells a story through dialogue and action.
• Elegy - A sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and cambridge.org