ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

FOLK LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
A
myth
B
legend
C
fable
D
folktale
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop’s fables. a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.

Detailed explanation-2: -A fable is a short story that teaches a lesson or conveys a moral.

Detailed explanation-3: -“The Wolf and the Lamb” follows the typical Aesopic style of fable, beginning with a short story and ending with a one sentence moral or lesson.

Detailed explanation-4: -fable. noun. a traditional story, usually about animals, that teaches a moral lesson.

Detailed explanation-5: -A moral is the lesson of a story.

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