Literature

Question 1

classic

n.

Answer 1

a book that represents the best of a particular genre

classical (adj.)

Question 2

novel

n.

Answer 2

a book about imaginary people and events

novelist (n.)

Question 3

fiction

n.

Answer 3

story about imaginary events

non-fiction (n.), fictional (adj.)

Question 4

autobiographical

adj.

Answer 4

relating to true events in your life

autobiography (n.), biography (n.)

Question 5

set

n.

Answer 5

placed, located

setting (n.)

Question 6

narrate

v.

Answer 6

tell a story

narration (n.), narrative (n. or adj.)

Question 7

character

n.

Answer 7

a person in a story

characteristic (n.)

Question 8

contradictory

adj.

Answer 8

opposing

contradiction (n.)

Question 9

inspired

adj.

Answer 9

the source of the idea

inspiration (n.), inspire (v.), uninspired (adj.)

Question 10

experience

n.

Answer 10

past event that has happened to you

to experience (v.) experienced (adj.) , inexperienced (adj.)

Question 11

realistic

adj.

Answer 11

an accurate picture of reality

reality (n.), realist (n.), unrealistic (adj.), realistically (adv.)

Question 12

perspective

n.

Answer 12

point of view

Question 13

author

n.

Answer 13

writer of a book

Question 14

prose

n.

Answer 14

ordinary written language, not poetry

Question 15

technique

n.

Answer 15

method

technical (adj.), technically (adv.)

Question 16

portray

v.

Answer 16

describe

portrayal (n.), portrait (n.)

Question 17

pseudonym

n.

Answer 17

an invented name that someone usus instead of a real name

Question 18

anonymous

adj.

Answer 18

unidentified, unnamed

Question 19

originality

n.

Answer 19

completely new and different

origin (n.), original (adj.), unoriginal (adj.), originally (adv.)

Question 20

style

n.

Answer 20

way of doing something

to style (v.), stylist (n.), stylish (adj.), stylishly (adv.)