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'The Spanish Tragedy' is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd. It established the genre of revenge tragedy.
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R.K. Narayan is a celebrated Indian novelist writing in English, famous for his fictional town 'Malgudi'. Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala Das are primarily poets.
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'Panegyric' means a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something. Hence, 'elaborate praise'.
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The correct spelling is 'heterogeneous' (hetero + geneous), meaning diverse in character or content.
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The Elizabethan Age (1558–1603) is often called the Golden Age of English literature due to the flourishing of drama, poetry, and arts (Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser).
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For reporting a question, 'said to' becomes 'asked' or 'demanded of'. The tense shifts from Present Perfect to Past Perfect. 'He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog' is the correct formal structure.
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'Man and Superman' is a famous four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw (G.B. Shaw).
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Jonathan Swift is considered the greatest prose satirist in the English language, famous for 'Gulliver’s Travels'.
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'Between' is used for two people/things. 'Among' is used for more than two people/things.
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Every writer has a distinct 'style'. 'Style' refers to the unique way a writer uses language.