ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a legend?
A
widely told story about the present
B
long, epic poem
C
based on the life of an everyday person
D
short, narrative poem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Synonyms: myth, story, tale, fiction More Synonyms of legend. countable noun. If you refer to someone as a legend, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people. [approval]

Detailed explanation-2: -King Arthur is one of the most popular legends in the entire world. There is many elements that make it a legend. It is full of kings, knights, princesses, and wizards. “With King Lot there came eleven knights and five esquires, so that he appeared in very noble estate before the eyes of all” (Pyle, 1991, 2).

Detailed explanation-3: -These stories are circulated as true even though they are fictional, like a story about a ghost that haunts the upstairs girl’s bathroom of your high school. A popular example of an urban legend is bigfoot. There are bigfoot sightings and unexplained bigfoot prints.

Detailed explanation-4: -A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true.

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