Government Graduate College, Kotmomin
BS / AD English Introduction to Literary Devices and Genres December Test - 2025
Time: 3:00 hours Marks: 100
Objective 20× 2= 40
Attempt all short questions.
1. Define language and literature?
2. What is sonnet? Elaborate its types.
3. What is ode? Give one example.
4. What is elegy? Give one example.
5. What is meant by rhyme and rhythm ?
6. Define satire. Discuss its types.
7. What is irony? Discuss its types.
8. Compare paradox with oxymoron.
9. Differentiate between miracle and morality plays.
10. Make a comparison of simile and metaphor.
11. How is the assonance different from the consonance.
12. What is difference between biography and autobiography?
13. Elaborate a folktale and a legend.
14. Discuss foreshadowing with an example.
15. What is meant by objective correlative.
16. Differentiate between Soliloquy and aside.
17. What is meant by Colloquialism?
18. Define melodrama.
19. What is bildungsroman.
20. Discuss pun with an example.
Subjective 5 ×12 = 60
Attempt any five long questions.
1. What is literary genre? Discuss its major types.
2. What is poetry? Write a note meter and its role in poetry.
3. What is novel? Write a brief note on its elements.
4. What is drama? Discuss elements of it.
5. What is tragedy? Discuss concepts related to it.
6. Write a comparative note on fiction and non-fiction.
7. Write a brief note on imagery and its types.