WorksheetsThree Genres
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
A ______ resembles a dream world, often includes illogical sequence of events with distorted time, characters may seem to lack purpose, and setting maybe strange or satiric. Often breaks the fourth wall.
a)
non-realistic play
b)
realistic play
c)
purple prose
d)
novella
2.
As a reader, we often don’t pay attention to this; however, it’s a prime concern for writer since it’s the backdrop (like architecture) for all that happens.
a)
scene awareness
b)
public symbol
3.
The sense of energy that runs through a work, ______ keeps the reader invested and reading.
a)
Melodrama
b)
Purple Prose
c)
Pace
4.
Literature written in past ____ form has been dominant for over a century. Today present ____ is often used in modern, narrative form, and future ____ is generally limited to flash-forwards.
a)
Tense
b)
Tenor
c)
Tone
d)
-
5.
________: dialogue, thoughts, actions, description, and exposition in a work.
a)
Purple prose
b)
Narrative modes
6.
Works that use over-writing, excessive syntax style and circumlocution, such as in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s “A Dark and Stormy Night” are examples of ________.
a)
Purple Prose
b)
Novella
c)
Melodrama
7.
The widely-known, common, abstract interpretation of an object
a)
Vehicle of metaphor
b)
Extended Metaphor
c)
Public Symbol
8.
the image or object, usually concrete the represents a larger, well-understood idea
a)
Vehicle of Metaphor
b)
Extended Metaphor
c)
Public Symbol
9.
____ is determined by not only the style, such as sentence length and complexity, but also the rate of revelation, or how rapidly or slowly the plot is revealed.
a)
Plot distancing
b)
Narrative Modes
10.
______ is written for extrinsic rewards rather that intrinsic, produced largely for entertainment.
a)
Narrative Form
b)
Novella
c)
Commercial Fiction
11.
_____ runs between 50 to 150 pages.
a)
Focus
b)
Novella
c)
Plot
d)
POV
12.
____ is the idea that drama affects or appeals to the senses using sets, lighting, costumes, and actors’ actions.
a)
Visual impact
b)
Novella
c)
Purple Prose
13.
Drama that is excessive. Although sometimes intentional in action films and dramas, effective literature avoids this genre.
a)
Melodrama
b)
Novella
14.
Flash-forwards have this effect since it rises the reader above the story, viewing the characters and plot more objectively.
a)
Distancing the plot
b)
Melodramatic moment
15.
The _____ character is the center of concern or protagonist, yet differs in point of view.
a)
Trivial
b)
Foil
c)
Focus
16.
This happens when the author steps in with an observation none of the characters would make at that time.
a)
tension
b)
author's intrusion
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