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Ms Bradley Literary Genres Midterm Review
What is a play?
What is a short story?
Ms Bradley Literary Genres Midterm Review
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What is a short story?
A story about shorts
A book with under 20 pages
A story with a full plot, but less elaborate than a full novel
Lil book
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What is a play?
A story with a script
A tragedy, comedy, romance, etc.
A story performed by actors infront of an audience
A short story about playing soccer with a small figurine
3
What is an "archetype"?
When 2 different stories have a similar plot
A story that revolves around a frog who builds a home
Symbol, character element, or plot that appears in multiple literary works
Someone who makes similar stories to someone else
4
Who is the best LA teacher?
Ms. Amtower
Ms. Bradley
Mr Lattanzi
ME
5
William Faulkner wrote "A Rose for Emily"
True
False
6
What are the 6 elements of tragedy?
Plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song
Plot, character, speech, thought, aura, and song.
Plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and romance
Plot, character, speech, thought, etc.
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What is foreshadowing?
When a character's shadow is shown on screen
When the author tells you what is going to happen later
When a giant astronaut terrorizes the innocents
When later events in the story are hinted at earlier on
8
Who was Kate Chopin?
Ms. Bradley's great great grandmother
A female American author who wrote "The Bear"
A female American author who wrote "The Story of an Hour"
A man who sang about Poets and Playwrights
9
The "southern gothic" genre involves elements such as sunshine, rainbows, butterflies, and happiness
True
False
10
What does "metatheatricality" mean?
When the director makes a cameo
Breaking the 4th wall
When something funny happens in a play
Describing aspects of a play that draw attention
11
What is the "mood" of a story?
How sad it makes you
The overall "feel" of the story
The way the characters talk to eachother
Sad eggs
12
What is a playwright?
Guys who wear dumb collars
People who write and direct plays
People who perform in plays
Guys who have dumb haircuts
13
What kind of ending does a comedy have?
Sad
Bad
Good
Happy
14
What is Freytag's plot pyramid?
A pyramid used to describe a story
A triangle shape that explains a story in chronological order
A triangle shape that tells about character development in a story
The hidden pyramid of the Egyptian Pharaoh Freytag
15
What is a "genre"?
An awesome guy with a guitar
Different stories
Different kinds of plays
A category of art, music, or literature
16
Who is this guy with the dumb collar anyway?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Gibson
Edgar Allen Poe
William Shakespeare
17
What is direct characterization?
When the author foreshadows the character's personality and traits
When the giant astronaut makes his inevitable return
When the author hints at the character's personality and traits
When the author writes about the character's personality and traits
18
Who wrote "The Tell Tale Heart"?
Edgar Allen Poe
Lebron James
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Faulkner
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Dialogue is when 2 characters talk to eachother
True
False
20
What kind of ending does a tragedy have?
Bad
Sad
Good
Happy
21
Anton Chekhov wrote "The Bear"
True
False
22
What is a theme?
A complex idea or emotion explored in a story
The song that plays during a play
Love, happiness, joy, peace
Love leads to happiness and joy, which can lead someone to inner peace
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What is a script?
A list that a monkey with cool sunglasses wrote
The plot of a play handed out to the audience
Written directions for actors and actresses to follow
Directions for stage crew
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What is a soliloquy?
When you get paint all over your hands
When characters speak to other characters
Monologue delivered by a character regardless of how many people are there
When a villain explains their evil plan
