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