English 7th Grade Literature Test 1

Toni Cade Bambara

Daniel Keyes

Beverly Nadioo

Laurence Yep

A catagory of literature
It comes from the French word "kind"
The main ones are:
1. fiction
2. nonfiction
3. poetry
4. drama

Writing in sentences or paragraphs.

For example, newspapers, essays, documents/contracts, short stories and novels

[can be fiction or nonfiction [real]]

Prose writing that tells an imaginary story (short stories or novels)

The main elements are:
1. plot
2. characters
3. setting
4. theme

A long work of fiction,

The author can develop the characters and storyline more thoroughly than in a short story.

An example is Forge.

1) A short story or novel
2)that is set in the past and,
3)includes real places and real events historical importance

The events that make up a story

See the literary triangle on page 26

Not in notes: The setting (time & place) and characters
(it sets the stage -- the introduction)

Not in notes: The events that occur that build up tension.

First is the exposition, then the _____ _____, then the _____, then the ______ _______, then the ___________.

not in notes: the main part; the exciting part; when the conflict is resolved.

X

not in the notes: the end of the story; what happens to the the characters after the climax.