Types of Fiction in Literature
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What type of narrative is usually about origin stories of some wonderful events passed down from generation to generation?

  • Short story
  • Myth
  • Fairy tale
  • Legend (correct)

    • What type of story features folkloric characteristics such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, and giants, and often involves a far-fetched sequence of events?

  • Myth
  • Short story
  • Novel
  • Fairy tale (correct)

    • What is a concise and less complex narrative that usually focuses on only one incident, has a single plot, a single setting, a limited number of characters, and covers a short period of time?

  • Legend
  • Short story (correct)
  • Myth
  • Novel

    • What type of narrative is a sacred story usually concerning the origin of the world and involves the supernatural?

    <p>Myth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a long narrative that is more complex than a short story and typically involves multiple plots, settings, and characters?

    <p>Novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of narrative illustrates a moral or religious lesson and features human actors or agents?

    <p>Parable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a biography?

    <p>An account of someone’s life written or produced by another person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an autobiography?

    <p>An account of somebody’s life written by that person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of a narrative poem?

    <p>It tells a story in richly imaginative and rhythmical language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an epic?

    <p>A long, narrative poem, divided into distinct parts and episodes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a ballad?

    <p>A short narrative poem intended to be sung, told in a simple, serious story, usually with a tragic ending</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT a type of non-fiction?

    <p>Novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of narrative poem is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

    <p>Chivalric Romance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of Metrical Tale?

    <p>Realistic and straightforward manner</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the poem that is written without strict meter or rhyme?

    <p>Free Verse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a Romance?

    <p>Long, rambling love story</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the poem that is a short story in verse?

    <p>Metrical Tale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of The Canterbury Tales and The Decameron?

    <p>Simple, straightforward, and realistic manner</p> Signup and view all the answers

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