(a) Who is the speaker? (b) Why are they going on strike? (c) What is the word for ‘subject matter’ of a story in the passage?

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

“Going on strike. Don’t you know what a strike is? Not another plot do you get from us!”

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) Why are they going on strike?

(c) What is the word for ‘subject matter’ of a story in the passage?

Answer 1

(a) The ghost of Helen is the speaker.

(b) The members of ‘The Writer’* Inspiration Bureau’ are going on strike because they were troubled frequently by the Ouija board fanatics.

(c) plot