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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
In narratology, what is the basic distinction between story and plot?
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Explanation:
• Story refers to the events reconstructed in their chronological and causal order.
• Plot refers to the order, emphasis and pattern through which those events are presented.
• A narrative may rearrange the story through flashbacks, anticipations or delayed disclosures.
• Therefore, option A correctly distinguishes the underlying event sequence from its narrative organization.
• Plot refers to the order, emphasis and pattern through which those events are presented.
• A narrative may rearrange the story through flashbacks, anticipations or delayed disclosures.
• Therefore, option A correctly distinguishes the underlying event sequence from its narrative organization.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which term describes a narrator who is also a character within the story being narrated?
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Explanation:
• A homodiegetic narrator participates as a character in the story world.
• A first-person autobiographical narrator is a common example.
• A heterodiegetic narrator stands outside the story as a character.
• The term concerns the narrator's relation to the narrated events rather than the narrator's degree of knowledge.
• A first-person autobiographical narrator is a common example.
• A heterodiegetic narrator stands outside the story as a character.
• The term concerns the narrator's relation to the narrated events rather than the narrator's degree of knowledge.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What does focalization primarily identify in a fictional narrative?
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Explanation:
• Focalization concerns the position from which characters, events and settings are perceived.
• It answers the question of who sees or experiences rather than simply who speaks.
• A narrator may report events while restricting information to one character's awareness.
• Therefore, option C accurately identifies focalization as the regulation of narrative perspective.
• It answers the question of who sees or experiences rather than simply who speaks.
• A narrator may report events while restricting information to one character's awareness.
• Therefore, option C accurately identifies focalization as the regulation of narrative perspective.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which description best fits zero focalization?
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Explanation:
• Zero focalization is commonly associated with traditional omniscient narration.
• The narrator possesses knowledge exceeding that of any individual character.
• Such a narrator may move across places, times and different characters' thoughts.
• The other options describe internal focalization, external focalization or epistolary form.
• The narrator possesses knowledge exceeding that of any individual character.
• Such a narrator may move across places, times and different characters' thoughts.
• The other options describe internal focalization, external focalization or epistolary form.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which feature most strongly indicates an unreliable narrator?
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Explanation:
• An unreliable narrator's interpretation cannot be accepted without critical scrutiny.
• Contradictions, omissions, factual errors or self-serving explanations may expose unreliability.
• Readers reconstruct meanings that differ from the narrator's stated conclusions.
• Tense, chapter divisions and the number of characters do not by themselves establish unreliability.
• Contradictions, omissions, factual errors or self-serving explanations may expose unreliability.
• Readers reconstruct meanings that differ from the narrator's stated conclusions.
• Tense, chapter divisions and the number of characters do not by themselves establish unreliability.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Statement I: The narrator is the voice that tells the story. Statement II: The focalizer is the position through which events are perceived. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the narrator is the textual agent responsible for telling the narrative.
• Statement II is correct because the focalizer determines the perceptual or cognitive perspective through which information is filtered.
• The person who speaks and the consciousness through which events are perceived need not be identical.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because the focalizer determines the perceptual or cognitive perspective through which information is filtered.
• The person who speaks and the consciousness through which events are perceived need not be identical.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which description best defines free indirect discourse?
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Explanation:
• Free indirect discourse represents a character's thought within third-person narration without a formal reporting clause.
• The language may carry the character's vocabulary, emotion and judgement while retaining third-person grammar.
• The technique allows closeness to consciousness together with possible narratorial irony.
• It is especially important in the fiction of writers such as Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf.
• The language may carry the character's vocabulary, emotion and judgement while retaining third-person grammar.
• The technique allows closeness to consciousness together with possible narratorial irony.
• It is especially important in the fiction of writers such as Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What is an analepsis?
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Explanation:
• Analepsis is a backward movement in narrative time.
• It presents an event that occurred before the current moment of narration.
• The common term flashback often describes an analeptic movement.
• Analepsis may supply background, revise judgement or reveal previously withheld causes.
• It presents an event that occurred before the current moment of narration.
• The common term flashback often describes an analeptic movement.
• Analepsis may supply background, revise judgement or reveal previously withheld causes.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
What is a prolepsis?
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Explanation:
• Prolepsis is a forward movement that anticipates a later event.
• It may take the form of a flashforward, prediction or early disclosure of an outcome.
• Prolepsis can create suspense, irony or a sense of inevitability.
• A return to an earlier memory is analepsis rather than prolepsis.
• It may take the form of a flashforward, prediction or early disclosure of an outcome.
• Prolepsis can create suspense, irony or a sense of inevitability.
• A return to an earlier memory is analepsis rather than prolepsis.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
A novel announces a character's eventual death in its opening chapter and then returns to narrate the preceding years. Which temporal device is used in the announcement?
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Explanation:
• The opening announcement refers forward to an event that occurs later in the story chronology.
• This forward reference is prolepsis.
• Returning afterward to earlier years does not change the anticipatory status of the initial disclosure.
• Such a structure may shift attention from what happens to how and why it happens.
• This forward reference is prolepsis.
• Returning afterward to earlier years does not change the anticipatory status of the initial disclosure.
• Such a structure may shift attention from what happens to how and why it happens.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which genre traces the education, growth and formation of a protagonist from youth toward maturity?
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Explanation:
• A Bildungsroman traces the intellectual, emotional and social formation of a central character.
• The protagonist usually encounters conflicts between individual desire and social expectation.
• Development may involve education, error, self-knowledge and some form of accommodation or resistance.
• David Copperfield and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are major examples.
• The protagonist usually encounters conflicts between individual desire and social expectation.
• Development may involve education, error, self-knowledge and some form of accommodation or resistance.
• David Copperfield and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are major examples.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which combination of features most strongly identifies a Gothic novel?
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Explanation:
• Gothic fiction commonly uses castles, ruins, isolated houses, darkness and concealed crimes.
• Confinement, persecution, terror and supernatural suggestion are recurring conventions.
• The genre often connects psychological fear with family history, inheritance and transgression.
• Therefore, option D presents the most characteristic Gothic combination.
• Confinement, persecution, terror and supernatural suggestion are recurring conventions.
• The genre often connects psychological fear with family history, inheritance and transgression.
• Therefore, option D presents the most characteristic Gothic combination.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature most clearly distinguishes a historical novel from a simple chronicle?
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Explanation:
• A historical novel imaginatively represents life within a particular historical period.
• Fictional characters may encounter actual events, social transformations or historical figures.
• The form explores how large historical forces shape private choices and identities.
• A chronicle primarily records events, whereas a novel constructs characters, perspectives and plots.
• Fictional characters may encounter actual events, social transformations or historical figures.
• The form explores how large historical forces shape private choices and identities.
• A chronicle primarily records events, whereas a novel constructs characters, perspectives and plots.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which description best defines dystopian fiction?
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Explanation:
• Dystopian fiction presents an undesirable society marked by oppression, control or dehumanization.
• Surveillance, ideological language, reproductive regulation and technological domination are common concerns.
• The imagined society often exaggerates tendencies already present in the writer's world.
• Nineteen Eighty-Four is a major example of political dystopia.
• Surveillance, ideological language, reproductive regulation and technological domination are common concerns.
• The imagined society often exaggerates tendencies already present in the writer's world.
• Nineteen Eighty-Four is a major example of political dystopia.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which feature is most characteristic of metafiction?
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Explanation:
• Metafiction draws attention to its own processes of storytelling and invention.
• A narrator may discuss plot choices, address the reader or present alternative endings.
• Such techniques question the transparency of realistic representation and the authority of the author.
• The French Lieutenant's Woman is a major example of metafictional historical narrative.
• A narrator may discuss plot choices, address the reader or present alternative endings.
• Such techniques question the transparency of realistic representation and the authority of the author.
• The French Lieutenant's Woman is a major example of metafictional historical narrative.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Analepsis 2. Prolepsis 3. Free indirect discourse 4. Metafiction. List II: a. Anticipation of a later event b. Self-conscious exposure of fictional construction c. Return to an earlier event d. Blending of third-person narration with a character's idiom.
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Explanation:
• Analepsis matches c because it returns to an event earlier than the current narrative moment.
• Prolepsis matches a because it anticipates a later event.
• Free indirect discourse matches d because it blends third-person narration with a character's language or thought.
• Metafiction matches b because it foregrounds the constructed nature of fiction.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
• Prolepsis matches a because it anticipates a later event.
• Free indirect discourse matches d because it blends third-person narration with a character's language or thought.
• Metafiction matches b because it foregrounds the constructed nature of fiction.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements: 1. A first-person narrator may be reliable or unreliable. 2. An omniscient narrator may reveal the thoughts of several characters. 3. Focalization and narration always refer to exactly the same function. 4. External focalization restricts information largely to observable behaviour. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because grammatical person alone does not determine reliability.
• Statement 2 is correct because omniscient narration may enter multiple minds and provide broad knowledge.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because narration concerns who speaks, while focalization concerns who perceives or regulates information.
• Statement 4 is correct because external focalization withholds direct access to inner thought.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because omniscient narration may enter multiple minds and provide broad knowledge.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because narration concerns who speaks, while focalization concerns who perceives or regulates information.
• Statement 4 is correct because external focalization withholds direct access to inner thought.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Assertion: Free indirect discourse can create irony. Reason: The narrator may reproduce a character's assumptions while allowing readers to recognize their limitations. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because free indirect discourse can place readers close to a character without fully endorsing that character's judgement.
• The Reason is correct because the character's assumptions may appear within a broader narrative context that exposes their errors.
• This double-voiced quality permits both sympathy and criticism.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because the character's assumptions may appear within a broader narrative context that exposes their errors.
• This double-voiced quality permits both sympathy and criticism.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
A third-person narrative reports only what one protagonist sees, remembers and infers, while withholding the private thoughts of all other characters. Which method is being used?
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Explanation:
• Internal focalization restricts narrative information to the consciousness of a particular character.
• The narrator may use third-person grammar while remaining limited to that character's perceptions and knowledge.
• Other characters are understood only through what the focal character observes or infers.
• Zero focalization would permit knowledge beyond the limits of the protagonist.
• The narrator may use third-person grammar while remaining limited to that character's perceptions and knowledge.
• Other characters are understood only through what the focal character observes or infers.
• Zero focalization would permit knowledge beyond the limits of the protagonist.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
A narrator describes only gestures, speech and visible actions without entering any character's mind. Which type of focalization is most evident?
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Explanation:
• External focalization presents characters from the outside.
• Readers receive behaviour, dialogue and physical detail but little or no direct access to thought.
• This restriction can create mystery, ambiguity or a camera-like effect.
• Internal focalization, by contrast, filters events through a character's consciousness.
• Readers receive behaviour, dialogue and physical detail but little or no direct access to thought.
• This restriction can create mystery, ambiguity or a camera-like effect.
• Internal focalization, by contrast, filters events through a character's consciousness.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A first-person narrator insists that another character is dishonest, but every reported action shows that the accused character behaves consistently and generously. What should the reader most reasonably question?
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Explanation:
• The gap between the narrator's judgement and the evidence suggests unreliability.
• The narrator may be prejudiced, jealous, mistaken or self-deceived.
• Critical interpretation should distinguish between what the narrator claims and what the narrative demonstrates.
• Therefore, the narrator's reliability is the most relevant issue.
• The narrator may be prejudiced, jealous, mistaken or self-deceived.
• Critical interpretation should distinguish between what the narrator claims and what the narrative demonstrates.
• Therefore, the narrator's reliability is the most relevant issue.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A novel follows a young orphan through education, work, error and increasing self-knowledge, while unexplained noises and a hidden room create terror. Which classification is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• The protagonist's growth from youth through experience identifies the Bildungsroman pattern.
• The hidden room, unexplained noises and atmosphere of terror introduce Gothic conventions.
• Genres can overlap within a single work rather than remaining mutually exclusive.
• Jane Eyre is a well-known example of a Bildungsroman with strong Gothic elements.
• The hidden room, unexplained noises and atmosphere of terror introduce Gothic conventions.
• Genres can overlap within a single work rather than remaining mutually exclusive.
• Jane Eyre is a well-known example of a Bildungsroman with strong Gothic elements.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Consider the following statements: 1. Metafiction may expose the author's control over plot. 2. Dystopia often criticizes present tendencies through an imagined oppressive society. 3. Historical fiction can combine invented characters with documented events. 4. A Bildungsroman must always end with the protagonist's complete harmony with society. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because metafiction may reveal narrative choices, devices and authorial intervention.
• Statement 2 is correct because dystopian worlds commonly exaggerate political or technological dangers.
• Statement 3 is correct because historical novels frequently place fictional lives within actual historical contexts.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because a Bildungsroman may end in resistance, ambiguity or incomplete accommodation.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because dystopian worlds commonly exaggerate political or technological dangers.
• Statement 3 is correct because historical novels frequently place fictional lives within actual historical contexts.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because a Bildungsroman may end in resistance, ambiguity or incomplete accommodation.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which principle provides the strongest basis for a critical interpretation of fiction?
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Explanation:
• Strong interpretation connects claims with evidence drawn from the narrative's language and form.
• Perspective, temporal structure, characterization, imagery and genre may work together to create meaning.
• A narrator's opinion should not automatically be equated with the author's position.
• Interpretations may differ, but they must remain coherent and supported by textual patterns.
• Perspective, temporal structure, characterization, imagery and genre may work together to create meaning.
• A narrator's opinion should not automatically be equated with the author's position.
• Interpretations may differ, but they must remain coherent and supported by textual patterns.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best describes the contribution of narratology to fiction comprehension?
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Explanation:
• Narratology offers precise concepts for examining how stories are told.
• Distinctions involving story and plot, narrator and focalizer, reliability and temporal order clarify narrative effects.
• Genre concepts help readers connect formal patterns with thematic expectations.
• Therefore, option B best explains how narratology strengthens critical comprehension of fiction.
• Distinctions involving story and plot, narrator and focalizer, reliability and temporal order clarify narrative effects.
• Genre concepts help readers connect formal patterns with thematic expectations.
• Therefore, option B best explains how narratology strengthens critical comprehension of fiction.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Story is the chronological sequence of events, while plot is their artistic arrangement in the narrative సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Homodiegetic narrator సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The perspective through which narrative information is perceived or restricted సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The narrator knows more than any single character and may enter several minds సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: D. Contradictions between the narrator's claims and evidence supplied by the narrative సమాధానం: D.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: D. A third-person mode that blends the narrator's language with a character's thoughts or idiom సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. A narrative movement back to an event earlier than the current point of the story సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. A narrative anticipation of an event that occurs later in the story సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Prolepsis సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Bildungsroman సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. A threatening setting, secrecy, confinement and supernatural or apparently supernatural events సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. It places fictional lives within represented historical forces and conflicts సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. A narrative depicting an oppressive social order that exposes dangerous political or technological tendencies సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Self-conscious attention to fiction as an invented and constructed form సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Internal focalization సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. External focalization సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. The narrator's reliability సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. A Bildungsroman incorporating Gothic elements సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: C. Supporting claims through patterns of language, structure, perspective, genre and textual evidence సమాధానం: C.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. It provides concepts for analysing how events, voices, perspectives, time and genres organize meaning సమాధానం: B.