QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Fiction. Answer: A work of literature in prose, poetry, or drama
that is based on the writer's imagination, not on fact.
◉ Poetry. Answer: A genre of literature that employs the sound and
rhythm of words to convey meaning; uses poetic tools, such as
rhyme, language, and structure.
◉ Drama. Answer: A genre of literature that is intended to be
performed by actors on a stage.
◉ Nonfiction. Answer: A genre of literature that is based on fact.
◉ Close reading. Answer: Reading a work of literature to attempt to
decipher the emotion, meaning, and quality of the text.
◉ Prose. Answer: A form of writing that mimics ordinary speech and
is presented in the form of paragraphs.
,◉ Exposition. Answer: The first stage of a work of fiction that
provides background information necessary for understanding the
story.
◉ Turning point. Answer: The point of greatest tension in a work of
fiction, also called the climax.
◉ Climax. Answer: The point of greatest tension in a work of fiction,
also called the turning point.
◉ Falling action. Answer: The stage of a work of fiction that follows
the turning point; characterized by a decrease in action and conflict.
◉ Resolution. Answer: The last stage of a work of fiction when
conflicts are sorted out.
◉ Complications. Answer: Events in works of literature that
complicate the story; usually resolved by the end of the text.
◉ Absurdism. Answer: A type of drama that includes actions that
lead in no predictable direction.
◉ Accents. Answer: The prominent syllables in words
, ◉ Active Voice. Answer: The subject of a sentence carries out the
action of the verb.
◉ Allegory. Answer: A narrative in which the characters, actions, or
settings stand for a secondary meaning, often with a moral
implication.
◉ Alliteration. Answer: The repetition of consonant sounds in a text.
◉ Anapestic. Answer: One foot of poetry with two unstressed
syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
◉ Antagonist. Answer: The character in a literary work with whom
the protagonist is in conflict.
◉ Assonance. Answer: The repetition of vowel sounds in a text.
◉ Aubade. Answer: A lyric poem in which the speaker laments the
coming of the morning and the parting from his lover.
◉ Ballad. Answer: A narrative poem in four-line rhymed stanzas.