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- A novel
- A poem
- A report
- A diary
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Correct answer: B. A poem
Poetry is written in short lines and verses, while prose fills whole paragraphs.
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Which kind of writing is set in lines and verses rather than in paragraphs?Read the answer and worked solution →Ria writes four lines that end in cat, hat, mat and bat. What is she most likely writing?Read the answer and worked solution →What do we call a long made-up story that is usually written in prose?Read the answer and worked solution →A story is too short to be a novel but too long to be a short story. What is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →A story of about 25,000 words is most likely which kind of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →How are comic books and graphic novels different from a plain storybook?Read the answer and worked solution →What is drama written for?Read the answer and worked solution →A play is mostly made up of which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the name of the person who writes a play?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a work of non-fiction?Read the answer and worked solution →The story of a real person's life, written by another person, is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of drama is written only to be read and not to be performed?Read the answer and worked solution →When drama is joined with music and dance, which form can it become?Read the answer and worked solution →A script written for a television show is a modern form of which kind of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Of the places below, drama we know most about from long ago came from which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Stories and songs were spoken long before writing. Which form is the earliest literature?Read the answer and worked solution →In English of the late 15th century, the word novel first meant what?Read the answer and worked solution →Sam makes a story that can only be read on a phone or a computer. What is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →The word literature comes from a Latin word that meant what?Read the answer and worked solution →Literature in its widest meaning is any collection of what?Read the answer and worked solution →A grandmother tells folk tales aloud that nobody has written down. What do we call such tales?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two ancient lands have the oldest literature in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is the home of modern paper making and woodblock printing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which job does literature do for people?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panchatantra is a collection of which kind of stories?Read the answer and worked solution →The word Panchatantra means Five Treatises. Into how many parts is the book divided?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language was the Panchatantra first written?Read the answer and worked solution →Which name is given as the author of the Panchatantra in some old copies?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panchatantra stories were told to teach three ignorant princes. What did they learn about?Read the answer and worked solution →In the first part of the Panchatantra, which animal is the king?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Ria writes four lines that end in cat, hat, mat and bat. What is she most likely writing?
- A letter
- A poem
- A story
- A script
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Correct answer: B. A poem
Words that end with the same sound are rhymes, and rhyme is a common feature of poems.
What do we call a long made-up story that is usually written in prose?
- A riddle
- A slogan
- A novel
- A proverb
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Correct answer: C. A novel
A novel is a long story that is invented by the writer and told in ordinary prose.
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