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General Literature

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of literature that consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentences and paragraphs

a)

POETRY

b)

PROSE

c)

FICTION

d)

NON FICTION

2.

Type of poetry that refers to those expressions in verse, with measure and rhyme, line and stanza and has a more melodious ton

a)

PROSE

b)

POETRY

c)

FICTION

d)

NON FICTION

3.

Which is not considered prose in the real essence of prose?

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Heroic

c)

Fiction:

d)

Poetry

4.

Which is the most familiar form of prose used in novels and short stories and featuring elements such as plot, setting, characters, dialogue, etc?

a)

FICTION

b)

NON FICTION

c)

HEROIC

d)

POETIC PROSE

5.

The type of prose that recounts a true story, provides information, or gives a factual account of something (such as manuals, newspaper articles, textbooks, etc.)

a)

FICTION

b)

NON FICTION

c)

POETIC PROSE

d)

HEROIC

6.

These are main types of poetry , except.

a)

lyric

b)

narrative

c)

dramatic 

d)

aubade

7.

This is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under super natural control.

a)

EPIC

b)

METRICAL

c)

BALLAD

8.

This is a narrative which is written in verse and can be classified either as a ballad or a metrical romance.

a)

BALLAD

b)

METRICAL TALE

c)

EPIC

9.

A narrative poem telling a story a person or event often about love usually told in rhymed stanzas and which includes a repeated refrain. Ballads are often sung.

a)

confessional

b)

elegy

c)

ballad

10.

A form of poem that reveals highly personal experiences

a)

confessional

b)

elegy

c)

concrete poem

11.

It is a a short clever poem making a pointed, sometimes paradoxical, observation

a)

hip-hop

b)

lyric

c)

haiku

d)

epigram

12.

A form of Japanese verse with three lines which are not rhymed and which have five, seven, and five syllables usually involving some aspect of nature

a)

epigram

b)

haiku

c)

lyric

d)

meditation

13.

A lyric poem which starts by observing a specific object and then drawing some philosophical inferences

a)

elegy

b)

narrative

c)

ode

d)

meditation

14.

A lyric poem which observes the simple pleasures of rural life

a)

ode

b)

pastoral

c)

epigram

d)

hip-hop

15.

A sonnet that has three four-line stanzas (quatrains) and a two-line stanza (couplet)

a)

sestet

b)

sestina

c)

Shakespearean