Fiction Part II

1. Words or phrases that are different from their literal meaning is called _______.

Exposition

Poetry

Figurative language

2. Movies and novels that are a fictional remake of historical events are called ______.

Science fiction

Historical fiction

Realistic fiction

3. Which of the following was a French poet, novelist, dramatist of the Romantic Movement of the 18th century and was best known for Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Agatha Christie

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe

4. A fictional story that is scientifically based and usually takes place in the future is called ____________.

Realistic fiction

Historical fiction

Science fiction

5. A fictional story using imaginary characters and events that could possibly happen in real life is called ___________.

Realistic fiction

Historical fiction

Science fiction

6. A lesson learned from a story, usually a fable or tale is called a moral.

True

False

7. A movie, book, or play that deals with an element of shock and requires clues to help reveal the truth is called a ________.

Legend

Mystery

Tall Tale

8. Which of the following was an America author, poet, editor, and literary critic of the American Romantic Movement whose stories were known for being grim and melancholy?

Charles Dickens

Edgar Allan Poe

Victor Hugo

9. Which of the following is fictional literature that takes place in an imaginary world with characters who have supernatural or magical abilities?

Mystery

Folktale

Fantasy

10. A movie, play, or book that is intended to be humorous or amusing is called a(n) ______.

Comedy

Series

Simile

11. A literary device where the chronological order of a drama or literary piece is interrupted by a past event to give more information about something occurring in the present is called ________.

Dialogue

Style

Flashback

12. Description in a literary piece or drama that reveals the setting as well as the background information of the characters is called _________.

Climax

Exposition

Resolution

13. The highest point of intensity in a dramatic or literary piece is called ________.

Climax

Resolution

Conclusion

14. A style of writing where words are used in a humorous way to express the opposite of their meaning is called _______.

Irony

Resolution

Conflict

15. Which of the following shows opposition of persons or forces in a dramatic piece?

Metaphor

Simile

Conflict

16. The part in the plot where the conflict has been resolved is called the _______.

Climax

Resolution

Exposition

17. Which of the following is a story that has been passed down from one generation to another and is unlikely to be true?

Legend

Verse

Short story

18. Hints that are given by an author to prepare the reader for what is to come is called foreshadowing.

True

False

19. Which of the following was an English crime writer of sixty-six detective novels, fourteen short stories, and plays with stories that have been made for television, radio, video games, and comics?

Agatha Christie

Edgar Allan Poe

Ernest Hemingway

20. Which of the following was an English writer and social critic of the Victorian Period and was best known for writing A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol?

Victor Hugo

Ernest Hemingway

Charles Dickens

21. Which of the following was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, which is now considered a classic of English literature?

Emily Bronte

Emily Dickinson

Willa Cather

22. The leaves danced around me in the wind.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

23. Identify the following figures of speech. The lawyer is a crafty fox when it comes to finding loopholes in a contract.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

24. He's faster than a cheetah in hot pursuit of its prey.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Fiction Part II

1. Words or phrases that are different from their literal meaning is called _______.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Movies and novels that are a fictional remake of historical events are called ______.

3. Which of the following was a French poet, novelist, dramatist of the Romantic Movement of the 18th century and was best known for Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

4. A fictional story that is scientifically based and usually takes place in the future is called ____________.

5. A fictional story using imaginary characters and events that could possibly happen in real life is called ___________.

6. A lesson learned from a story, usually a fable or tale is called a moral.

7. A movie, book, or play that deals with an element of shock and requires clues to help reveal the truth is called a ________.

8. Which of the following was an America author, poet, editor, and literary critic of the American Romantic Movement whose stories were known for being grim and melancholy?

9. Which of the following is fictional literature that takes place in an imaginary world with characters who have supernatural or magical abilities?

10. A movie, play, or book that is intended to be humorous or amusing is called a(n) ______.

11. A literary device where the chronological order of a drama or literary piece is interrupted by a past event to give more information about something occurring in the present is called ________.

12. Description in a literary piece or drama that reveals the setting as well as the background information of the characters is called _________.

13. The highest point of intensity in a dramatic or literary piece is called ________.

14. A style of writing where words are used in a humorous way to express the opposite of their meaning is called _______.

15. Which of the following shows opposition of persons or forces in a dramatic piece?

16. The part in the plot where the conflict has been resolved is called the _______.

17. Which of the following is a story that has been passed down from one generation to another and is unlikely to be true?

18. Hints that are given by an author to prepare the reader for what is to come is called foreshadowing.

19. Which of the following was an English crime writer of sixty-six detective novels, fourteen short stories, and plays with stories that have been made for television, radio, video games, and comics?

20. Which of the following was an English writer and social critic of the Victorian Period and was best known for writing A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol?

21. Which of the following was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, which is now considered a classic of English literature?

22. The leaves danced around me in the wind.

23. Identify the following figures of speech. The lawyer is a crafty fox when it comes to finding loopholes in a contract.

24. He's faster than a cheetah in hot pursuit of its prey.