CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE FUN THEY HAD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The short story is a part of a genre known as?
A
fantasy
B
science fiction
C
horror
D
non fiction
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sf or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Science fiction, also often known as ‘sci-fi’, is a genre of literature that is imaginative and based around science. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plot.

Detailed explanation-3: -Star Trek is an undisputed classic of the genre. Doctor Who, Firefly, Lost in Space, Stargate, and The Twilight Zone are just a sampling of popular small-screen science fiction programs. Science fiction themes are customary in graphic novels and comic books.

Detailed explanation-4: -Published in 1616, The Chemical Wedding predates Johannes Kepler’s novel Somnium, which was written in 1608 but not published until 1634 and “which usually gets the nod” as the first science fiction story.

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