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a glossary of literary terms
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The person who tells a story is ...
teller
story maker
author
narrator
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Explanations how a play should be performed are ...
stage notes
stage instructions
stage assistance
stage directions
3
Literary term for a book about a person's life, written by someone else, is ...
autobiography
biography
life story
history
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The opponent of the antagonist is ...
protagonist
narrator
flat character
author
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The literary genre describing an unpleasant imainary future world is ...
dystopia
science-fiction
utopia
flash-forward
6
The script of a film is called ...
screenplay
dialogue
stage directions
conversation
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The resolution of a story is ...
climax
surprise ending
turning point
denouement
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The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is ...
metre
stanza
verse
rhyme
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A written remark expressing an opinion or reaction is called ...
analysis
comment
interpretation
expression
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The stress put on certain words or passages is ...
importance
emphasis
significance
relevance
11
The opposing genre to poetry is ...
prose
non-fiction
fiction
drama
12
A conversation in a book is called ...
dialogue
chat
monologue
debate
13
Words printed at the top of a text as title are called ...
review
comment
headline
headliner
14
The voice behind a poem or a song imagined to be speaking is called ...
speaker
presenter
moderator
narrator
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A related series of incidents in a literary plot is called ...
exposition
tension
identification
action
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What is the writer's purpose or the effect he/she is aiming at called?
intention
effect direction
interpretation
target
17
A film that usually lasts 90 minutes or longer is called ...
documentary
feature
oversize
overlength
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The feeling a literary work creates in the reader is ...
tone
mood
register
atmosphere
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A category in literatüre is ...
setting
genre
narration
suspense
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The first part of a non-fictional text in which the issue is presented is called ...
introduction
main body
exposition
conclusion
21
A short notice, discussion or article about a published subject is called ...
review
reaction
essay
attack
22
The good main character is ...
hero(ine)
protagonist
author
reliable narrator
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Text in a screenplay referring to the location and the time of a scene in a screenplay is ...
first line
setting line
slug line
location line
24
A novel set in the future or another world focussing on imaginary technology is ...
science-fiction
fiction
foreshadowing
set fiction
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Poetry performed by a group of performers and judged by a jury is ...
battle of poets
slam poetry
battle of poems
competitive poetry
26
Short film trying to persuade people to buy a product is ...
advertisment
brainwashing
propaganda
review
27
The person who writes poetry is ...
singer songwriter
poet
writer
poem
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The person who writes a text is ...
narrator
orator
author
protagonist
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A rhythmical unit of a few lines in a poem is called ...
stanza
verse
act
paragraph
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Text consisting of dialogues and narration with instructions for the staging of a play is ...
scene
scenery
script
act
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A kind of drama dealing with the downfall of the main character is ...
eulogy
tragedy
drama
requiem
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The individual way every reader reads the meaning of a work of art is ...
interpretation
intentin
fiction
resolution
33
A series of drawings showing the order of images in a movie is called ...
storyboard
plot line
strory
storyline
34
Something that a person has written or said is called ...
quotation
personification
repetition
alliteration
35
Literary term for a text describing an imaginary ideal society and political state is ...
utopia
no place
good place
dystopia
36
A long speech held by one person is called ...
dialogue
replique
conference
monologue
37
Record of thoughts put on the internet for other people to read is ...
chat
web comment
website
blog
38
A sound pattern created by accentuation and syllable lenghts acting together is called ...
tempo
verse
rhythm
metre
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A film or TV programme that gives facts about a subject is ...
biography
screenplay
scenario
documentary
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The author of a play is called ...
playwright
narrator
writer
actor
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The final part of a non-fictional text is ...
introduction
exposition
conclusion
resolution