The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
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List-I (Words)
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List-II (Meanings)
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Explanation
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(A) Soliloquy
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(III) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts
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From Latin solus (alone) and loqui (to speak). A dramatic device revealing a character's inner thoughts.
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(B) Epistolary
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(IV) Written or expressed in the form of letters
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Related to the word epistle (a letter). Often used to describe novels written entirely as a series of letters.
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(C) Elegy
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(I) a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for someone who has died
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A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, often lamenting the death of a person.
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(D) Novelette
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(II) a short novel, especially a romantic novel that is considered to be badly written
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A work of narrative prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a full novel. The derogatory meaning mentioned here is a secondary, informal usage.
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