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