Unit 3 Lesson 2

Question 1

It refers to any writing that does not have a metrical
structure and rhythmical pattern like poetry

It is composed of sentences and paragraphs instead
of lines and stanzas

Answer 1

Prose

Question 2

2 categories of prose

Answer 2

fiction

nonfiction

Question 3

a story that is made up or invented by an author

events in the story are not real; they are products of
the author’s imagination

Examples are short stories and novels.

Answer 3

Fiction

Question 4

According to Edgar Allan Poe, they are read in one
sitting and strive for unity and effect.

begins with the first sentence and has nothing in it
that detracts from the writer’s design

aims for the truth and stress imagination, invention,
creation, and originality

Answer 4

Short Story

Question 5

longer and more complex than a short story

over 40,000 words (novella has 17,500–39,999
words, novelette has 7,500–17,499 words)

characters, setting, plot, and theme are usually

Answer 5

Novels

Question 6

The basic and most common plot structure of a
story

follows a linear format: beginning, middle, and end.

linear format produces a _plot

contains the exposition, rising action, climax, and
falling action leading to the resolution of the story

Answer 6

plot and
climactic

Question 7

features distinct episodes that are related to one
another but that also can be read individually, almost
as stories by themselves

Answer 7

episodic plot

Question 8

contains repetition of phrases, sentences, or events
with one new aspect added with each repetition

common among children’s stories

Answer 8

Cumulative plot

Question 9

a story in which another story or other multiple stories
is/are embedded

can also be that the main story is relayed
secondhand to a character in the narrative

Answer 9

Frame Narrative (Embedded plot)

Question 10

elements of

Answer 10

Plot (and conflict)

Characters

Setting

Point of View

Theme