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Defining Literature Quiz

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According to the passage, which of the following is NOT considered a main genre of literature?

Essays (correct)

Short stories

Novels

Poetry

According to Plato, the two modes of speech representation in literature are:

Fact and fiction

Tragedy and comedy

Mimesis and diegesis (correct)

Prose and poetry

Aristotle believed that literature was mainly aimed at:

Presenting an illusion of the real world (correct)

Conveying moral lessons

Presenting factual information

Entertaining the reader

Which of the following statements about the popular definition of literature is NOT true, according to the passage?

It considers factuality as the key element of literature Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, which of the following statements about true stories in literature is correct?

The passage does not address true stories in literature Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way in which literature has been defined, according to the passage?

As a means of conveying moral lessons Signup and view all the answers

Based on the passage, what distinguishes literature from non-literary texts?

The presence of imaginative writing Signup and view all the answers

In literature, according to Aristotle, which mode of speech representation is mainly emphasized?

Mimesis Signup and view all the answers

How did Plato differentiate between diegesis and mimesis in literature?

By involving the discourse of the narrator in mimesis Signup and view all the answers

What does the popular definition of literature primarily focus on?

Fictionality Signup and view all the answers

According to Wales (1989), how does literature present the real world?

Through the illusion of a representation Signup and view all the answers

How did specialists differ in their approach to defining literature compared to defining it by its main genres?

By complicating the defining process beyond genre classification Signup and view all the answers