Prose

Question 1

Nonfictional

Answer 1

Based on fact (biographies/essays)

Question 2

Fictional prose

Answer 2

Wholly /partly imagined (novels, fairytales) 

Question 3

Heroic prose

Answer 3

Legends, tall, tales, recited aloud (King Arthur)

Question 4

Prose poetry

Answer 4

Combines the two. Not written in verse, but contains poetic attributes

Question 5

Historical fiction

Answer 5

Set in particular historical periods, including prehistoric and mythological.

Question 6

Picaresque novels

Answer 6

 Rogue protagonist

Question 7

Gothic novel

Answer 7

18th century enlightenment, rationalism, featuring Hoare, mystery, superstition, madness, supernatural elements, and revenge. 

Question 8

Psychological novels

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Psychological motivation of characters

Question 9

Novels of manners

Answer 9

Behaviors and society.
Fictional stories that observe, explore, and analyze the social behaviors of a specific time in place. Include descriptions of a society with defined behavior codes; language that uses standardized, and personal formulas; an inhibition of emotional expression, as contrasted with a strong emotions expressed in romantic or sentimental novels . 

Question 10

Western world, sentimental novels

Answer 10

Originated in the movement of romanticism. Novels that emphasize the emotion aspect of love. The Victorian era is rejection of emotionalism cause the term “sentimental“ to have undesirable connotations.

Question 11

Epistolary novels 

Answer 11

Expressed in letters 
Novels that are told in the form of the letters, written by their characters rather than in a typical narrative form.

Question 12

Pastoral novels

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Post pastor a.k.a. garden of Eden.
Novels lyrically idealize country life as idyllic and utopian, a kin to the garden of Eden.

Question 13

Bildungsroman

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Building a coming of age
German for “education novel”. Also used in English to describe “apprenticeship” novels, focusing on coming of age stories, including you, struggles and searches for things, such as identity, spiritual, understanding, or the meaning in life.

Question 14

Roman a clef

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Clef is a key of reference
French for “novel with a key,” refers to books that require a real life, frame of reference, or key, for full comprehension. Disguised truth too dangerous for authors to state directly. 

Question 15

Narrative

Answer 15

A narrator tells a story
Any composition of tells a story

Question 16

Biographies

Answer 16

Books written about another person’s life.

Question 17

Myths

Answer 17

Myths = mythology
Stories for mythology, existing most ancient cultures, and continue to influence modern cultures.

Question 18

Fables

Answer 18

Fables have morals
Short, didactic stories typically feature imaginary characters or talking animals.
“The tortoise and the hare”

Question 19

Fairytales

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Fairytales = kids
Stories that involve fictional characters or realistic characters, with fantastical traits in abilities, often and happily in to pick the victory of good over evil, far-fetched and whimsical.

Question 20

Folktales

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Spoke by folks “hey folks”
Stories that have withstood time and are usually popular in a particular region or culture.

Question 21

Legends

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Legend of Zelda – one character
Stories that typically focus on one character and highlight their victory over a particular enemy or obstacle.

Question 22

Short story

Answer 22

Fictional narrative that is shorter than an novel.