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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. The use of what literary device requires the combination of language and imagination?

2. According to Chapter 6, what type of narration typically occurs when the point of view is limited?

3. According to Culler, poetry's imagery has the power of ____________.

4. According to Culler, what do literary works offer their readers?

5. Who believed that performative language could be humorous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of the narrator limited?

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

3. What is first-person narration?

4. Why do some theorists believe that popular characterizations in novels create bad influences?

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

6. What type of work did Judith Butler pioneer?

7. According to Chapter 8, in terms of the "I," what do literary theorists debate?

8. What is the occasional confusion that results from the use of metaphor?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Literary theorists use poetics and hermeneutics to translate the meaning of a text. Write a brief essay examining these two methods and their function in understanding literature.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Create an argument either supporting or refuting the following statement, citing examples from the text: Linguists argue that the very use of words can change the interpretation of a text based on who is reading it.

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