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