ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do you mean by Epilogue?
A
a poem comes at beginning
B
a poem of lamentation
C
a poem or speech at the end of a play
D
a figurative story
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An epilogue is a passage or speech which is added to the end of a book or play as a conclusion. Synonyms: conclusion, postscript, coda, afterword More Synonyms of epilogue.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a dramatic work, the epilogue is a speech, often in verse, addressed to the audience by one or more of the actors at the end of a play, such as that at the end of Henry VIII, a play often attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher: ‘Tis ten to one this play can never please. All that are here.

Detailed explanation-3: -An epilogue is an extra chapter at the end of a literary work. Epilogues are quite popular literary additions that allow the writer to add on a bit of information after the bulk of the story has ended.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definitions of epilogue. a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. synonyms: epilog. type of: close, closing, conclusion, end, ending. the last section of a communication.

Detailed explanation-5: -In fiction, an epilogue is a nifty literary device used at the end of a book that gives additional, but separate, details that are part of the main story. Epilogues often reveal the fates of the characters and wrap up any loose ends.

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