Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of fact?
2. CLP:What did the light represent?
3. C:What do the chrysanthemums symbolize?
4. A type of conflict can be:
5. Who is telling the story is known as
6. The point of view that uses personal pronouns like I, me, my, we, and our.
7. When we are told directly what kind of person the character is, the writing is using .....
8. Authors use ..... to give the readers clues about what will occur later in the story.
9. Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia?
10. This part of the story is where the author sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold.
11. Is the narrator's way of telling the story.
12. A&P:What is the major theme of the story?
13. The minor problem or problems that occur in a story are called .....
14. A person, place or thing, or event that stands for itself as well as for something beyond itself .....
15. In "The Key Item", the dialogue between Nemerson and Weaver becomes more and more
16. The type of external conflict where a person is against a large group of people.
17. The second largest works of fiction. Shorter than one but longer than another.
18. The part of the plot that serves as the "brewing point" of the conflict
19. "Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, ..... him, forcing him to stay where he was and not walk away from the house ..... "
20. The genre of fiction that includes stories with technology not found in our world such as super computers, robots, time machines, etc.
21. The main character, Squeaky, of "Raymond's Run" could best be described as:
22. Which term names the problem that characters in a story must face and solve?
23. In "The Key Item" Multivac is what?
24. The feeling that work of literature conveys .....
25. A perspective from which a story is told in 1st or 3rd person is called the .....
26. Which of the following is the best example of an appreciative perspective concerning Columbus?
27. It is a creative piece written in comic form.
28. ..... is the place and the time of the story
29. A statement about what the passage or text is mainly about is
30. In "To Build a Fire", the setting acts as a(n)
31. The narrator, Lou, Frieda Morris, Side-Pocket, and Mama are all .....
32. In the story, The War of the Wall, Frieda Morris is .....
33. When is the conclusion?
34. It is a poem of mourning to someone's death.
35. Man vs man is an example of an ..... conflict
36. Which of the following is the best description of the plot of a piece of fiction?
37. The sense of anticipation or worry that the author makes the reader feel.
38. "The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers" of Sarnath Banerjee that portrays 18th century Calcutta is a .....
39. Which is seldom used, speaks to the reader as if the reader is the protagonist. At other times, the narrator may use apostrophe, a figurative language where the speaker talks to an absent or unidentified person.
40. This is usually brief and lends itself to comic effects. It consists of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba. Rhyme and rhythm are used to enhance the content.
41. The underlying meaning or main idea of a story. is a broad idea in a story, or a message conveyed by a work.
42. CLP:What is the main tone that is interpreted throughout the story?
43. This point of view is when someone else tells the story and uses pronouns such as:he, she, they, them.
44. When the narrator reports the events that happen to the protagonist and uses words like "he" or "she, " it is called ..... point of view.
45. CLP:Why does the Old Waiter keep the cafe open?
46. The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what will happen next in a story .....
47. The message/life lesson an author wants to get across to the reader
48. What is a setting?
49. When is the last day of CCs in December?
50. What word does Multivac need to hear in order to work?
51. A&P:What are two themes in the story?
52. What type of literary work is longer and more complex?
53. This fiction type is characterized by dark, mysterious and suspenseful plots.
54. A type of fiction story that has full-length novels with plot, subplots, themes, with major and minor charactersand its narrative is usually presented in blank verse form
55. When and where a story takes place is the ..... of a story.
56. Chester Brown's "Louis Riel" that centers on a fictionalized violent rebellion in the 19th century is a .....
57. BB:What genre can Barn Burning be categorized as?
58. The problem or struggle in a story is known as the ..... . *
59. Which is NOT a common characteristic of flash fiction?
60. A type of nonfiction that gives the history of a person's life written or told by the person himself or herself.