Question:* Choose the proper spelling.
Answer: • anatomy
Question:* The sudden and unexpected resolution of a conflict by external forces is referred to as:
Answer: • Deus ex machina
Question:* A bildungsroman is a novel in which the central character:
Answer: • Goes through a maturation process over the course of the novel
Question:* What is the opposite of a non-linear narrative?
Answer: • Chronological narrative
Question:* True or False? In a story, "exposition" refers to the crucial moment at which a character's true intentions are exposed.
Answer: • False
Question:* What is an epigraph?
Answer: • A phrase, quotation, or poem set at the beginning of a novel
Question:* A character that exists to provide contrast to another character is referred to as a:
Answer: • Foil
Question:* Deus ex Machina is a literary device that ______.
Answer: • quickly and unrealistically resolves a story
Question:* Sentences using passive voice often run into problems with _________.
Answer: • circumlocution
Question:* Which of these is NOT an element of the diction of a story?
Answer: • Key symbolism used
Question:* What does "verisimilitude" refer to in writing?
Answer: • Realism or believability
Question:* "To be or not to be," is an example of what metrical foot?
Answer: • iamb
Question:* Which of these terms is least like the others?
Answer: • Quatrain
Question:* In event-driven fiction:
Answer: • Events happen without input from the characters, who are mostly 'along for the ride.'
Question:* What is the defining trait of a static character?
Answer: • Does not change their views/behavior over the course of the work
Question:* What kind of device is a red herring in literature?
Answer: • A rhetorical tactic of diverting attention away from an item of significance.
Question:* Which defines the rules of a literary genre?
Answer: • convention
Question:* What is an antihero?
Answer: • A protagonist who is not obviously a "good guy"; one who has serious flaws, even ones that might be villainous.
Question:* What is magical realism?
Answer: • It is a method of using magical story elements in an otherwise normal or mundane setting
Question:* What is hubris?
Answer: • An extreme level of arrogance
Question:* Which is the least common narrative point of view used in creative fiction?
Answer: • Second person
Question:* What word best describes an ordinary form of speech or written word, without metrical structure?
Answer: • Prose
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • Everyone knew that this press release was just a feint.
Question:* What is the difference between "affect" and "effect"?
Answer: • Affect is generally a verb; effect is almost always a noun.
Question:* Which is NOT an example of figurative language?
Answer: • Alliteration
Question:* Which is the best example of hyperbole?
Answer: • The criminal ripped open the door with the strength of a thousand men
Question:* What is a motif?
Answer: • A recurring narrative element with symbolic significance
Question:* Which of these is not a figure of speech?
Answer: • Narrative
Question:* There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger. --Edward Lear This poem is an example of which poetic type?
Answer: • limerick
Question:* Which of the following is the best example of a onomatopoeia?
Answer: • screech
Question:* True or False? The protagonist is always the most virtuous character in a work.
Answer: • False
Question:* What is a meet-cute in screenplay writing?
Answer: • The first time the hero and heroine meet
Question:* What is a fable?
Answer: • A brief story with a clear moral message
Question:* Choose the phrase which does not directly establish setting.
Answer: • Pristine alligator skin boots
Question:* During an aside, a character:
Answer: • Speaks directly to the audience, without other characters listening
Question:* The ______ of a work gives the reader clues as to what they can expect from that work's setting, plot events and character archetypes, even before they read the work.
Answer: • genre
Question:* What is the defining element of a parable?
Answer: • Communicates a moral lesson
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • It's weird that he didn't lose weight after so much exercise.
Question:* A damsel in distress, a heroic warrior and a wise old man are all examples of:
Answer: • Archetypes
Question:* The antagonist is
Answer: • the character in opposition to the protagonist.
Question:* Which of these refers to a four-lined stanza?
Answer: • Quatrain
Question:* Which of these is a simile?
Answer: • Life is like a box of chocolates.
Question:* What is satire?
Answer: • A device that uses humor to deliver social criticism
Question:* What is an allegory?
Answer: • A metaphor carried through an entire work, which allows the reader to interpret further meaning beyond the literal events of the work
Question:* An epilogue comes _______.
Answer: • at the end of a novel
Question:* Which word is misspelled?
Answer: • Anayltical
Question:* Generally employing either similes or metaphors, _______ language is not literal and requires a leap in imagination on behalf of the reader in order to describe something.
Answer: • Figurative
Question:* True or False? "Screaming wind" is an example of personification.
Answer: • True
Question:* What is an oxymoron?
Answer: • It is a figure of speech that juxtaposes apparently contradictory elements but is not wrong in meaning
Question:* Pick the correct sentence from the following.
Answer: • A small key opens a big door.
Question:* _____ refers to the writer's implied attitude toward the characters and events of a work.
Answer: • Tone
Question:* What is third person-omniscient perspective?
Answer: • A story presented by an unidentified narrator that knows everything that is happening within the story world
Question:* A story told to teach a life lesson is sometimes called a:
Answer: • Parable
Question:* A literary term meaning before a war; more specifically before the American Civil War.
Answer: • Antebellum
Question:* What refers to the order in which subjects, objects and verbs are arranged in a sentence?
Answer: • Syntax
Question:* True or False? Allegories are always metaphors, but metaphors are not always allegories.
Answer: • True
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • He could hear better and throw farther than anyone else.
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • He should have taken your car to the mechanic to get its brakes fixed.
Question:* How is a logos argument different from a pathos argument in writing a persuasion paper?
Answer: • Logos uses data, facts. logic to support claim, while pathos argument appeals to feelings and emotions.
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • Though he thought that they were through playing, he threw the ball back to them anyway.
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • I did my part. It's up to you to do the rest.
Question:* Which of these plays a role in character development?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* What is a black moment?
Answer: • When all seems lost for the hero/heroine.
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • She sold their seashells by the seashore.
Question:* The most intense part of a story is called...
Answer: • Climax
Question:* Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Answer: • You're going to do your homework, aren't you?
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • There is always a way to break into the Major Leagues.
Question:* Choose the proper spelling.
Answer: • sophistication
Question:* Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.
Answer: • They're coming over after your game.
Question:* What is the correct spelling for this word:
Answer: • emphasis
Question:* What is denouement?
Answer: • The story resolution that follows the climax of a literary work
Question:* What is hackneyed writing?
Answer: • Writing that uses excessive cliches or familiar terms
Question:* What are the three basic elements of a story?
Answer: • Character, Setting, Plot
Question:* Our story's narrator, James, tells the reader he's been sober for three years. When his girlfriend finds a pile of empty liquor bottles under his bed, we know James is:
Answer: • An unreliable narrator
Question:* A narrator that has insight into every character's internal thoughts is:
Answer: • omniscient
Question:* The narration of "Ender's Game" frequently reveals insights into Ender's internal thought process, and author Orson Scott Card uses the pronoun "he" to refer to its protagonist. What point of view does this novel use?
Answer: • Close third person
Question:* What is baroque writing?
Answer: • Writing that is inordinately complex or intricate
Question:* Which is not an element of a story arc?
Answer: • Theme
Question:* "Tiger, tiger, BURNING BRIGHT...," is an example of which of the following stylistic devices?
Answer: • metaphor
Question:* What is an "Act Break?"
Answer: • A crucial moment of plot which propels the story into the next act.
Question:* An example of synecdoche might be:
Answer: • The eighteen-wheeler barreled down the lonely highway, with Nathan sipping on a cold one.
Question:* Which sentence makes use of synecdoche ?
Answer: • When Arnold won the lottery, he blew the entirety of his first check on a new set of wheels
Question:* Ernest Hemingway, Bret Easton Ellis, Grace Paley, and Tobias Wolff are usually associated with this style of writing:
Answer: • Minimalism
Question:* An example of an amphilogism below would be:
Answer: • I never heard back after our date.
Question:* Which is true of a haiku?
Answer: • Words are measured by metrical feet or by syllables.
