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Time to learn new words

You read an extract from Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse. The story is narrated by
Black Beauty, a horse that lives with his mother on a farm in England. Since the novel is narrated
in the first person and is an account of his life, we call the novel an autobiography. You also
read about Dadasaheb Phalke in an earlier chapter. It was a story of a person written by someone
else. Such a story is called a biography. The category into which a piece of writing is classified is

called a genre (say zhon-ruh). Apart from autobiographies and biographies, there are many
other genres.

Now, read the different genres of books and match each with its meaning.

1. action and adventure a. a novel in comic-strip format

2. fantasy b. a quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited
expectation or uncertainty about what may happen

3. short story c. a story that blends true historical facts with fictional
characters and events

4. classic d. a novel dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder

5. graphic novel e. a story with a fully developed theme but significantly
shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

6. historical fiction f. a novel featuring characters involved in exciting and

usually dangerous activities and adventures

7. suspense g. a story involving magical elements, typically set in a
fictional universe and usually inspired by mythology or
folklore

8. mystery h. a work of art of recognized and established value

Study skills

Choose the correct meaning of the highlighted word as used in the story.

1. I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light.

bright not intense in colour having little weight

2. The wind was very high.

strong expressing great excitement rising upward

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