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CSET Elements Of Prose
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Instructions:
Answer 27 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Humorous - imitation of another literary work - mocks and points out its weaknesses: Hamlet's love letters to Ophelia
Essay
Parody
Autobiography
satire
2. Letter - diary - journal - eloquent - expository - becomes part of recognized literature of the era: US Constitution; Anne Frank's diary
Fantasy
Legend
Novella
Document
3. Fiction with a historical backdrop - includes historical people - places - or events: Vidal's Lincoln
Biography
Historical Fiction
Western
Myth
4. Gods or heroes - theme expresses culture's ideology - found in every culture: Pygmalion - Pandora's box
Myth
Legend
Parable
Parody
5. A story surrounds another story or links several stories together: Heart of Darkness; Canterbury Tales; Turn of the Screw
Frame Story
Biography
Folktale
Essay
6. Impact on society of current or future scientific or technological developments: Dune; Martian Chronicles.
Parable
Science Fiction
Myth
Legend
7. Novel; cowboys or frontiersmen of US: L'Amour's How the West was Won
Nonfiction Prose
Parable
Novel
Western
8. Short - nonfiction - any topic - formal or informal: Self - reliance by Emerson
Essay
Autobiography
fable
Parable
9. Suspenseful; solves a puzzling crime; Poe's Purloined Letter; Sherlock Holmes by Doyle
Western
Frame Story
Mystery
Novel
10. All written and spoken expression w/o a regular rhythm and with a conscious literary purpose
Frame Story
Parable
Novel
Prose
11. Intended to scare or unsettle reader - may be fantasy or sci fi: Frankenstein; Dracula
Horror
Document
Fairytale
Myth
12. Traditional story based on fact but exaggerated: Paul Bunyan; Le Morte d'Arthur
Science Fiction
Legend
Tragedy
Parody
13. Short - humorous - teaches a lesson about a behavior usually with animal characters: Fox and Grapes; Boy who cried wolf
fable
Document
Western
Romance
14. Book - length narrative - usually has plot - character - point of view - theme
Essay
Science Fiction
Short Story
Novel
15. Account of another person's life: Sandburg's Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Biography
Parable
fable
Nonfiction Prose
16. Comments on social conventions or conditions - usually humorous: Huck Finn; Swift's Modest Proposal
Fantasy
fable
Mystery
satire
17. Unreal world - incredible characters or events: Lord of the Rings - Gulliver's Travels
Fantasy
Legend
Mystery
Nonfiction Prose
18. Main character is heroic but has a tragic flaw leading to his or her downfall: Hamlet
Biography
Science Fiction
Horror
Tragedy
19. Long - adventures and love affairs - idealized heroes: King Arthur
Novella
Romance
Science Fiction
Prose
20. Brief - usually has characters - setting - plot - point of view - theme: Gift of the Magi
Horror
Novella
Document
Short Story
21. Narrative drawn from the author's imaginations - not fact or history
Fiction
Mystery
Short Story
Frame Story
22. Brief - simple - illustrates a oral or religious lesson - no anthropomorphisms: Good Samaritan - Prodigal son
Parable
Document
Essay
Nonfiction Prose
23. Expository - true - real events - people - objects - NOT imaginary
Novel
Nonfiction Prose
Tragedy
Myth
24. A person's account of own life: Autobiography of Ben Franklin; Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Document
Prose
fable
Autobiography
25. Anonymous traditional story - from a culture's oral tradition: Brer Rabbit; Arabian Nights
Novella
Folktale
satire
Prose
26. Type of folktale - supernatural - magical elements: Cinderella; Rapunzel
Fairytale
Historical Fiction
Prose
satire
27. Short -- less than 100 pages - also Novelette: Of Mice and Men
Tragedy
Autobiography
Historical Fiction
Novella