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1) A story that is told or written is called a_______________? a) Historical Fiction b) A myth c) A fairy tale d) Realistic Fantasy e) Nonfiction f) narrative 2) Reference in literature to a well-known character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, art, or history. a) Irony b) Analogy c) poem d) Jingle e) Allusion f) Classic 3) In Number the Stars when the author refers to Gone with the Wind and the Bible, that is an example of an____________? a) Allusion b) Irony c) A metaphor d) Personification e) Hyperbole f) An ode 4) In a fiction story, the person, character, or force that bothers or has conflicts with the hero. a) Main character b) Writer c) Narrator d) Hero e) Protagonist f) Antagonist 5) author’s purpose: intention of the writer to: a) persuade, inform or entertain b) prove, disprove or investigate c) Create, analyze or destroy d) Fortify e) Argue f) Debate 6) A person or other creature in a literary work is called the _______________________? a) Story writer b) Editor c) Character d) celebrity e) Theme f) Central idea 7) Methods the writer uses to develop the personality of the character a) setting b) plot c) rising action d) characterization e) climax f) falling action 8) The time and place in which the events of a short story, novel, or drama occurs is called the _____________________. a) Antagonist b) Protagonist c) Conflict d) Protagonist e) Forshadowing f) Setting 9) Struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is called___________________. a) A brawl b) conflict c) The resolution d) War e) Peace treaty f) Summit 10) Struggle against an outside force in a story is called________________ _____________________. a) Internal conficlit b) External Conflict c) the Climax d) fencing e) wrestling f) UFC 11) When the problem is within the mind of the character a) external conflict b) internal conflict c) tragedies d) Natural disasters e) character vs. character f) Plot diagram 12) Gives more information about the main idea, very specific a) Science b) Riddle c) Mystery d) random statements e) Generalities f) Details 13) The way the characters talk in a literary work a) Figurative language b) Literal language c) dialect d) Personification e) Plot f) Climax 14) A short piece of nonfiction writing on a single topic is called: a) A novel b) A novella c) A memoir d) An essay e) An autobiography f) A biography 15) The main character, usually has good qualities (Example: Superman) a) villain b) hero c) antagonist d) Demon e) Minion f) Centaur 16) The contrast between what is and what is expected is called: a) Protagonist b) Antagonist c) Rising Action d) Dialogue e) Sarcasm f) Irony 17) The most important information in a selection. It’s what the story is about. a) Main idea b) Plot c) Central idea d) Both a and c. e) None of the answers is true. f) All of the answers is correct. 18) A fact that describes, explains, or strengthens the main idea. a) Fiction b) Fictional character c) An opinion d) Hypothesis e) Experiment f) Supporting detail 19) A short retelling of a text in the reader’s own words. a) Memoir b) Summary c) Afterward d) Resolution e) The end f) A fairy tale 20) What is NOT true about a good summary? a) It has something from the beginning of the story. b) It has something from the middle of the story. c) It has something from the end of the story. d) It contains the writer's opinion. e) It is shorter than the original piece of writing. f) None of these are NOT in a good summary. 21) What is a narration? a) The telling of a sequence of events. b) Informational text. c) A maze d) A Science Fiction story. e) A cartoon. f) A myth

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