Elements of Literary Text Quiz

Lyrics, odes, and epics are genres of which literary form?

• Poetry

• Fiction prose

• Nonfiction prose

• Drama

Mysteries, fantasies, fairy tales, and romances are genres of which literary form?

• Poetry

• Drama

• Nonfiction prose

• None of these

• Fiction prose

How is a literary form different from genre?

• They're essentially the same.

• Genre is the general structure of a piece of writing, while the literary form is the particular style within a genre.

• They're both general structures of a piece of writing, but there are more genres than literary forms.

• Literary form is the general structure of a piece of writing, while the genre is the particular style within a form.

If you're experiencing a piece of fiction that's being performed on stage, joining monologues and dialogues by characters with stage directions, then what kind of fiction are you experiencing?

• Drama

• Poetry

• Fiction prose

• Nonfiction prose

• Genre

Which literary form is written in ordinary, non-metrical language and communicates facts or opinions about reality?

• Fiction prose

• Nonfiction prose

• Genre

• Poetry

• Drama

intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre

• Argumentative text

• Audience

• Author’s craft

• Appeal

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• Commentary

• Author’s purpose

• Diction

• Appeal

a close examination and interpretation of a literary work that analyzes the author’s use of language, devices, and genre characteristics to convey meaning

• Literary element

• Rhetorical analysis

• Rhetorical situation

• Literary analysis

the unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s work

• Theme

• Summarize

• Style

• Tone

the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition

• Theme

• Thesis

• Tone

• Summarize