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What is plot?
The people in the story.
The sequence of events in a story.
When and where the story takes place.
The way the story makes you feel.
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What is imagery?
Imagery is predicting what is going to happen in a story.
Imagery is imagining what is happening in a story.
Imagery is making something into a movie.
Imagery is relating your self to a text.
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What type of poem has no rules?
Lyric
Song
Rap poetry
Free Verse
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What is the type of literature in which rhythms and sounds of words are most important?
Simile
Figurative Language
Poetry
Narrative
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What is a theme?
A comparison using like or as
The sequence of events in a story
A struggle between opposing forces
The central idea; the "message"
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What is point of view.
favorite food
different ways to explains something.
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
what you are trying to say to someone.
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What are three character types found in short stories?
Queen, Ms. Kayla, and Eckels
direct and indirect
Timber, Mary, and Tiny Tim
Protagonist, antagonist, static
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Any writing that is not poetry or verse
Novel
Prose
Stories
Literature
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What does symbolism add to a story?
Rhetoric and hyperbole.
Depth and meaning.
Conflict and connotation.
Logos and pathos.
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Prose or verse? "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
Verse
Prose
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A topic sentence does what?
is a paradox
introduces the subject
sets the organization for the paragraph
states the main idea
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What is Free Verse Poetry?
A type of poetry with no verses.
A type of poetry that MUST rhyme.
A type of poetry with many rules.
A type of poetry with no rules.
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Which of the following is an opinion about drama?
Shakespeare's tragedies often feature stories of kings or nobles
TV shows and movies are both considered forms of drama
The history of drama extends back 2,500 years
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in the history English language
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What type of genre of literature is often performed on a stage?
Autobiography
Drama
Fantasy
Fable
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What is the purpose of a short story?
to give the writer practice before writing a novel
to pass the writers time
to entertain the reader in a short amount of time
to make an immediate impression or specific point
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What enhances a poems sound and meaning?
Sound Devices
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
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GENRE OF LITERATURE: What is a biography?
Is a written account of another person's life.
A story about supernatural or extraordinary people.
Literature that's subject is dramatic the way it is written.
The history of a person's life, written by that person.
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What is literature that is passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth?
short story
myth
oral tradition
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On A Plot Diagram What Place Is The Setting, Characters and etc.
Conflict
Exposition
Rising Action
Resolution
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When talking about a plot diagram what number is climax?
4
5
1
3
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Actors know what to do and how to say something by
studying
stage desgin
the script
stage directions
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What is verse?
A line in a song.
Spoken or written language that does not follow a pattern.
A line in a poem.
A form of language that has rhythm and follows a pattern.
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Good stories don't have to have a climax
False
True
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What is an
inference?
The author’s purpose
What the author states directly in the text
A summary of the main idea of each paragraph
An educated guesses based on what the author implies
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What is the meaning of Symbol.
A mark that teaches you something about people.
a mark or character used as a representation of something.
A cool picture that you like.
None of the above.
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What is theme?
The life lesson in the story
The turning point in the story
The end of the story
The beginning of a story
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Does a drama care about how or what happens?
Both
What Happens
How
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What is a Japanese form of poetry?
Narrative
Rhyme
Haiku
Lyric
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short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
fiction
nonfiction
historical fiction
fantasy
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In literature a conflict is
a fight between the protagonist and the antagonist.
a desire by two characters for the same person.
a lack of obstacles, but still there is an event.
competing desires or the presence of obstacles to overcome.
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Prose or verse? "Roses are red, violets are blue. Sugar is sweet and so are you."
Prose
Verse
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Which one is not a part of the plot diagram?
conflict, exposition, resolution
climax, falling action, resolution
characters, setting, dialogue
exposition, rising action, climax
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On A Plot Diagram What Place Is The Setting, Characters and etc.
Rising Action
Resolution
Conflict
Exposition
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What can come in many different forms?
Poetry
Chips
Rhythm
People
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What is a simile?
A sentence without a transition word.
A comparison using like or as.
A comparison NOT using like or as.
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In a plot diagram, what is the "falling action" of a story?
Events leading to the solving of the story's problem.
The beginning of the story.
The end of the story
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What is the setting of a story?
When the main character met the antagonist.
What time period the story takes place.
Where the story takes place.
When and where the story takes place.
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What do the authors tend to do in short stories?
Have long and complex chapters
Have a poem
Have a single focus
Have a few focuses
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Which of the following is NOT an element of drama?
dialogue
character
plot
figurative language
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What type of poem tells a story?
Limerick
Narrative
Cartoon
Free Verse
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What is characterization?
The ending of the story.
Tell the audience what the personality of the character is
The beginning of the story.
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In a plot diagram, what is the "Rising Action" of the story?
The end of the story
Events in the story leading to the climax.
The beginning of the story.
43
A type of extended prose fiction
Article
Book
Poem
Novel
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What is the climax of a story?
The end of the story.
The most exciting part of the story.
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Folk literature is a genre of fiction writing based on...
movies & TV shows
historical landmarks
books
oral tradition
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What is an
author’s purpose
?
The viewpoints, or perspectives, of the author
The reason the author wrote a text
The message the author wants to communicate to readers
The author’s attitude toward a subject
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What is "Plot"?
The author's point of view
The events of the story
The meaning of the story
The author's purpose
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What is exposition?
End of the story
Beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
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What Is Alliteration
Repeat Of A Sound :Of The First Letter
A Figurative Language
Repeat Of The Last Letter
Using Like Or As
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Climax is 3rd on the plot diagram
False
True
