Question 1

What is a literary genre?

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The category or class to which a literary work belongs.

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The author's purpose in writing a text.

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The setting of a narrative.

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The type of figurative language used in a literary text.

Question 2

Which is untrue about a narrator?

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The narrator is always the author.

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The narrator can also be the main character of the story.

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The narrator can be involved in the story.

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The narrator can be all-knowing.

Question 3

What is connotation?

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The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word.

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The exact, literal meaning of a word.

Question 4

What is denotation?

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The exact, literal meaning of a word.

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The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word.

Question 5

What is a narrative?

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A type of writing that has a plot.

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A type of writing that is organized in cause and effect structure.

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A type of writing that is always fictional.

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A type of writing that is always nonfictional.

Question 6

External coherence is ...

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coherence between the paragraphs of an entire text.

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coherence within a single paragraph.

Question 7

Internal coherence is ...

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coherence within a paragraph.

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coherence between the paragraphs of an entire text.

Question 8

Coherence is ...

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the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay.

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the final paragraphs of a text.

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how a reader interprets a word's mood.

Question 9

Sensory language (or details) is ...

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descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the five sense.

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words or phrases that alway appeals to nature.

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words or phrases that give you the sense that you can see dead people.

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language that exaggerates the details.

Question 10

Which of the following does not apply to transition words and phrases?

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creates a disconnected feel to writing.

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help the writing flow.

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help create internal and external coherence.

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connect one sentence to the next, indicating the order in which things happen.

Question 11

A plot is ...

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the sequence of events in a narrative.

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the peak of a story.

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transition words in a coherent essay.

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a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.

Question 12

The exposition in a plot is ...

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when the reader learns important background and setting knowledge.

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when the protagonist (main character) defeats the antagonist.

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when the reader understands how the story is resolved.

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when the conflict is resolved.

Question 13

The conflict of a narrative is ...

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the main problem that moves the plot forward.

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when the protagonist fully addresses the problem.

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the background knowledge that readers gain at the beginning.

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the dialogue that occurs between the protagonist and antagonist.

Question 14

The protagonist in a narrative is ...

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the main character.

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the bad guy.

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the character in opposition of the main character.

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the good guy.

Question 15

The antagonist in a narrative is ...

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the character in opposition of the main character.

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the main character.

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the bad guy.

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the good guy.

Question 16

Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters.

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true

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false

Question 17

The rising action is ...

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a point of increasing tension between the introduction of the conflict and the climax.

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a time of decreasing tension after the conflict.

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when the reader is introduced to background information prior to the conflict.

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