Karnataka SSLC Konkani - Third Language (KSEAB) flashcards

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Mukhya vishaya

The central theme of a prose lesson: the main idea the whole text develops, usually stated in the opening and closing paragraphs rather than in a single middle detail.

Bodh

The explicit moral teaching a lesson conveys. It differs from the theme, which is the broader idea explored; answers must not swap the two.

Character trait with evidence

A prose answer pattern naming a quality such as dhairyam or tyaga and citing the specific incident in the lesson that demonstrates it.

Sequence markers in prose

Words such as modal, nantar and uprant that signal the order of narrated events; they are the key to arranging events correctly in sequence questions.

Karuna rasa

The rasa of compassion and sorrow, evoked by suffering or loss. It is one of the nine principal rasas identified in poetic analysis.

Veera rasa

The rasa of heroism and courage, evoked by valour, resolve or confrontation. Distinguished from raudra, which is anger rather than bravery.

Anuprasa alankara

Alliteration: repetition of the same consonant sound for musical effect. Identified by sound repetition when reading aloud, not by repeated meaning.

Upama alankara

Simile: comparison using words such as sarom, bhaxon or koxem. Contrasts with rupaka, which asserts the comparison without a comparison word.

Utpreksha alankara

Poetic fancy presenting an imagined resemblance, signalled by words meaning 'as if'. Differs from upama because the likeness is imagined, not real.

Atishayokti alankara

Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration for effect. Recognised when a statement cannot be read literally but intensifies the described quality or emotion.

Svar sandhi

Vowel junction: the sound change occurring where the final vowel of one word meets the initial vowel of the next, as in guna and vriddhi combinations.

Dirgha sandhi rule

When a short or long a meets a following a, the result is a single long a. Parallel rules apply to i + i and u + u.

Guna sandhi

A vowel junction producing e or o: a + i gives e, and a + u gives o. Vriddhi junctions instead produce ai and au.

Tatpurusha samasa

A compound in which the second member carries the main meaning and the first modifies it. Contrasts with dvandva, where both members are coordinate.

Dvandva samasa

A coordinate compound joining two or more members of equal weight, conceptually linked by 'and'. Neither member is subordinate to the other.

Bahuvrihi samasa

A compound that denotes a third entity possessing the qualities of its members, rather than denoting either member itself. Often functions as an adjective.

Dvigu samasa

A compound whose first member is a numeral, such as a compound beginning with 'three' or 'five'. It is a recognised subtype of tatpurusha.

Avyayibhava samasa

A compound whose first member is an indeclinable, making the whole compound function as an indeclinable. The first member governs the compound's meaning.

Vibhakti identification

Case is identified by the question the noun answers: ko, kitem, kenne, kake, kuthun, kaccho, kuthu, and the vocative address form.

Active to passive

A transformation moving the object into subject position and changing the verb to a passive participle, while the original subject becomes the agent.

Samarthak shabda

A synonym. In questions, the correct synonym can replace the given word in the sentence while preserving both meaning and grammatical fit.

Virudharthi shabda

An antonym. Beware of pairs that are opposite in only one sense, and of prefixes that reverse a word's meaning.

Vakyaprayoga idiom

A fixed expression whose meaning is figurative, not the sum of its words. The answer is always the figurative sense, never the literal reading.

Mhani proverb

A short traditional saying expressing a general truth. In questions, it is matched to the situation described in the stem, not to a single keyword.

Vocabulary in context

The meaning a word carries in its particular sentence, which may differ from its most frequent meaning. The surrounding sentence decides the answer.

Inference question

A comprehension item asking what the passage implies rather than states. The answer must be supported by the text, not by general knowledge.

Best-title selection

Choosing the title that covers the whole passage. Titles fitting only one paragraph, or adding facts absent from the text, are rejected.

Formal letter skeleton

Sender's address, date, receiver's designation and address, subject line, salutation, body, closing and signature. A missing element costs format marks before content is judged.

Summary word ratio

A summary compresses the original to roughly one-third, keeping main points and dropping examples and repetition, written in the third person without added opinion.

Essay body pattern

One point per body paragraph, each supported by an example, framed by an introduction stating the topic and a conclusion restating the position without new points.

Dialogue writing rules

Direct speech with a speaker label for each turn, short turns, and strict adherence to the situation given in the prompt rather than free invention.

Non-detailed plot arc

For each supplementary chapter, the beginning, the turning point and the ending. Sequence questions follow the narrated order, including flashbacks, not real-life chronology.