WEEK 3 LEARNING ACTIVITY 1

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This makes use of poetic devices: "An artisan without memories, whose only dream was to die of
fatigue in the oblivion and misery of his little gold fishes." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred
Years of Solitude >TRUE

Drama refers to the genre in which the stories can make people cry. >FALSE

Prose fiction is based on imaginary events and is in poetic form. >FALSE

This displays strong dialogue: 'You are always calling on God,' she said. 'Do you believe in God?' 'Of
course, of course I believe in the power and wisdom of my creator.'She raised her eyebrows and the
corners of her mouth turned down in a questioning mocking way. For a moment she looked very
much like Amelie. Perhaps they are related, I thought. It's possible, it's even probable in this damned
place. 'And you,' I said. 'Do you believe in God?''It doesn't matter,' she answered calmly, 'what I
believe or you believe, because we can do nothing about it, we are like these.' She flicked a dead
moth off the table. - Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys >TRUE

Strong dialogue can exist in more than one literary genre. >TRUE

In the premise below, the highlighted element is character. "What if a thin dog is placed in the midst
of large brown dogs and was bitten and bullied by the others?" >TRUE

In the premise below, the highlighted element is character. "A little pig journeys with some of his
friends to faraway lands, depending solely on the pig's resourcefulness." >TRUE

Racism in 1960s southern America >THEME

A terrible storm strikes the small island of Cropek. The community must learn to recuperate
afterwards. >SETTING

It is still considered nonfiction if the details of the story are no longer based on real life. >FALSE
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded
us then, but that's no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And then one
fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - F.
Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby >PRECISION

Romeo and Juliet as vampire and werewolf as in Underworld >CHARACTER

Fiction sometimes makes use of unusual/experimental forms. >TRUE

A premise is closer to a thesis statement, not a thesis. >TRUE

This displays strong dialogue: "Sorry," he said, and he was breathless, too. "That was out of line." "I
don't mind," I panted. He frowned at me in the darkness. "Try to sleep. Bella." "No, I want you to kiss
me again." "You're overestimating my self-control." - Twilight, Stephenie Meyer >FALSE

This displays strong dialogue: "Yeah, Jack ran after Melanie," Arthur told us. "Jack tried to get her to
turn around. Jack ran down the street, calling Melanie's name, determined she'd listen to Jack's
pleas one time." Arthur snapped his fingers. Nodded. "Yeah, Jack would get her to listen. Jack had
that way about him. Melanie didn't stand a chance. Not with Jack dogging her that way." -
theeditorsblog.net >FALSE

The premise and the thesis statement are completely synonymous. >FALSE

A theme includes the major plot points of a story. >FALSE

"'Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You
have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.'" E.B. White, Charlotte's
Web >DIALOGUE

This makes use of poetic devices: "Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all
the lives I'm not living." - Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >TRUE

All textbooks are examples of creative nonfiction. >FALSE

Themes are always blatant or obvious. >FALSE

In a war scenario, it is possible to use themes such as racism, oppression and unrest. >TRUE

"I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as
he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude." -Dickens, Great Expectations
>POETIC

This makes use of poetic devices: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it
everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever
was, lived out their lives". - Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan >FALSE

In the premise below, the highlighted element is setting. "The cat and the mouse fight a lot every
day, but miss each other when the other is away". >FALSE

"'Why did you do all this for me?' he asked.'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You
have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.'" E.B. White, Charlotte's
Web >DIALOGUE

This displays precision in language: The soft clouds were lit by the morning sun, glowing orange-
yellow, a color that Jake would have described as like the little blob of pasty stuff that TV dinners like
to claim is peach cobbler--except, of course, that he was dead and it seemed unlikely that he was
going to say anything at all. - trygve.com >FALSE

The plot narrates the general outline of a story. >TRUE

Poetry makes use of sentences and definite lines. >FALSE

This displays precision in language: "He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human
beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges
them over and over again to give birth to themselves." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of
Cholera >TRUE

This displays precision in language: Cheryl's mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine,
chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten
memories. - Sue Fondrie >FALSE
The basis of the full story is the premise. >TRUE

Fiction and poetry can both exist in one literary work. >TRUE

World War II, holocaust >THEME