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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?

2. Who was Nancy Armstrong?

3. According to Chapter 6, what is the result of a great narrative?

4. In Chapter 7, performative language phrases are not required to be _____________.

5. What type of lyric is used in sublime poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate goal of literary theory, according to "Chapter 8, Identity, Identification, and the Subject"?

2. What is poetics, as explained by "Chapter 5, Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry"?

3. According to Chapter 7, what is accomplished by attempting to identify literary performatives?

4. How does a rhetorical figure use language in poetry?

5. Into what three classes did the Greeks divide literature?

6. In terms of the "I," what is the product of someone's core?

7. According to Chapter 6, from where does unreliable narration typically come?

8. In terms of the "I," what do literary works offer?

9. What is the function of a narrator within a novel?

10. During the Renaissance, what was the definition of rhetoric?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Aristotle, three different plot points should appear in any good novel.

1) Identify these plot points.

2) Define these plot points.

3) Analyze why they are important to the structure of a novel.

Essay Topic 2

For an author, the opportunity to be published is a hurdle to overcome when it comes to having a work declared literary. Why is publication so important to the literary process? Create an argument citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Within literature, there are several models of identity. Identify and analyze at least three models of identity, citing examples from the text.

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