Liberty University ENGL 102 Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers
/. fiction - Answer-a narrative shaped or made from the author's imagination. Parts of a
fictional story, novel, or drama may refer to factual reality, but the story and characters
arise from musings of the creator
/.commercial fiction - Answer-fiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience
and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste
/.literary fiction - Answer-fiction written with serious artistic intentions, providing an
imagined experience yielding authentic insights into some significant aspect of life
/.suspence - Answer-the quality in a story or play that makes the reader eager to
discover what happens next and how it will end
/.plot - Answer-the sequence of incidents or events of which a story or play is composed
/.structure - Answer-the sequential arrangement of plot elements in fiction or drama. In
poetry, the internal organization of content
/.conflict - Answer-a clash of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in the plot of a story or
drama. It may exist between the main character and some other person or persons;
between the main character and some external force--physical nature, society, or "fate";
or between the main character and some destructive element in his or her own nature
/.protagonist - Answer-the central character in a story or play
/.antagonist - Answer-any force in a story or play that is in conflict with the protagonist. It
may be another person, an aspect of the physical or social environment, or a
destructive element in the protagonist's own nature
/.flat character - Answer-a character whose distinguishing moral qualities or personal
traits are summed up in one or two traits. A character who is not fully developed or
convincing
/.round character - Answer-a character whose distinguishing moral qualities or personal
traits are complex and many-sided
/.stock character - Answer-a stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us
from prototypes in previous literature
Questions With Correct Answers
/. fiction - Answer-a narrative shaped or made from the author's imagination. Parts of a
fictional story, novel, or drama may refer to factual reality, but the story and characters
arise from musings of the creator
/.commercial fiction - Answer-fiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience
and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste
/.literary fiction - Answer-fiction written with serious artistic intentions, providing an
imagined experience yielding authentic insights into some significant aspect of life
/.suspence - Answer-the quality in a story or play that makes the reader eager to
discover what happens next and how it will end
/.plot - Answer-the sequence of incidents or events of which a story or play is composed
/.structure - Answer-the sequential arrangement of plot elements in fiction or drama. In
poetry, the internal organization of content
/.conflict - Answer-a clash of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in the plot of a story or
drama. It may exist between the main character and some other person or persons;
between the main character and some external force--physical nature, society, or "fate";
or between the main character and some destructive element in his or her own nature
/.protagonist - Answer-the central character in a story or play
/.antagonist - Answer-any force in a story or play that is in conflict with the protagonist. It
may be another person, an aspect of the physical or social environment, or a
destructive element in the protagonist's own nature
/.flat character - Answer-a character whose distinguishing moral qualities or personal
traits are summed up in one or two traits. A character who is not fully developed or
convincing
/.round character - Answer-a character whose distinguishing moral qualities or personal
traits are complex and many-sided
/.stock character - Answer-a stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us
from prototypes in previous literature
