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NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC) English Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering English as it is examined in NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Define 'theme' as studied in prescribed prose texts.
The central idea, message, or underlying meaning that the writer explores throughout the text (e.g. greed, sacrifice, freedom).
What is the difference between first-person and third-person narration?
First-person narration is told by a character using 'I'; third-person narration is told by an outside voice using 'he/she/they', and may be omniscient or limited.
What is an omniscient narrator?
A third-person narrator who knows and can reveal the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all characters in the story.
What is the typical plot structure (Freytag's pyramid) of a short story?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution (denouement).
How does a short story differ from a novel in scope?
A short story is brief, focuses on a single incident, few characters and one main effect; a novel is longer with multiple plots, characters and developed sub-themes.
What is irony, and name its three main types studied in prose?
Irony is a contrast between expectation and reality; the three types are verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony.
What is a 'contextual reference question' (textual reference) in the Literature paper?
A question giving a short extract from the text and asking students to identify the speaker/context and explain or analyse the lines.
What three things are typically required when answering a contextual reference question?
Identify who is speaking and to whom (or the context), explain the meaning of the extract, and comment on its significance/literary feature.
What is dramatic irony as it appears in a prescribed play?
When the audience knows something a character on stage does not, creating tension or anticipation.
What is a soliloquy in drama?
A speech in which a character, alone on stage, voices their inner thoughts aloud so the audience hears them.
How does a soliloquy differ from an aside in drama?
A soliloquy is a longer speech delivered alone revealing inner thoughts; an aside is a brief remark spoken to the audience (or one character) unheard by others on stage.
In drama, what is the difference between an 'act' and a 'scene'?
An act is a major division of a play containing several scenes; a scene is a smaller unit within an act, usually marked by a change of place, time, or characters.
What does 'critical appreciation of drama' require a student to analyse?
The play's plot, characterisation, themes, dramatic techniques, language, conflict, and the playwright's purpose and effect on the audience.
What is dramatic conflict, and what are its two broad types?
The struggle that drives a play; internal conflict (within a character's mind) and external conflict (between characters or against an outside force).
In scene/act analysis, what is meant by 'dramatic significance' of a scene?
How the scene advances the plot, develops characters, builds themes, or heightens tension and its contribution to the play as a whole.
What is the function of comic relief in a serious or tragic play?
A humorous scene or character that eases tension, providing the audience momentary relief amid heavy or tragic events.
What is the climax of a play?
The turning point of highest tension where the main conflict reaches its peak and the action begins to move towards resolution.
What is meant by the 'tone' of a poem?
The poet's attitude or feeling towards the subject (e.g. nostalgic, ironic, joyful, mournful) conveyed through word choice and style.
What is a metaphor, and how does it differ from a simile?
A metaphor states one thing IS another ('Time is a thief'); a simile compares using 'like' or 'as' ('brave as a lion').
Define personification and give an example.
Giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas — e.g. 'The wind whispered through the trees'.
What is alliteration in poetry?
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in closely placed words — e.g. 'Peter Piper picked'.
What is the difference between rhyme and rhythm in a poem?
Rhyme is the matching of end (or internal) sounds of words; rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables giving the poem its beat.
What is enjambment in poetry?
The continuation of a sentence or thought beyond the end of a line into the next, without a pause or end punctuation.
What does 'critical appreciation of poetry' require you to comment on?
The theme/central idea, structure and form, imagery, poetic/figurative devices, tone and mood, rhyme scheme and rhythm, and the overall effect or message.
What this deck covers
The English deck follows the NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC) English syllabus — 4 chapters and 13 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.8 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 130 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English flashcards FAQ
How many English flashcards are in this NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC) deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English cards cover?
They follow the NEET / State Class 12 Board (e.g. ISC) English syllabus — 4 chapters and 13 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.