Which term names a story that opens in the middle of the action?

A novel opens with a sea battle already raging. Only later does it explain the cause. This opening is:

Which term names a scene that stops the present action to show an earlier event?

Which is true of a flashback but not of an in medias res opening?

Which term names the opening part that introduces the setting, characters and situation?

A play's first scene names the city, the year and the family feud. This is:

A caged bird appears in chapter after chapter of a novel. This repeated element is a:

Which term names an image or idea that recurs across a work to build meaning?

Which detail would you track to identify a motif in a play?

Which term names the visual side of a play: costumes, set and staging?

A director adds a burning ship and a storm of red light. She is working on the play's:

Which term names the idea that every part of a work serves the whole?

A critic says no scene in the play could be cut without damage. She is praising its:

In the phrase "the word rose", the word itself is called the:

A poem uses the word "dove". The actual bird in the world is the:

Which statement pairs a sign with its referent correctly?

Which term names the thing in the world that a word points to?

Which term names a pair of contrasting ideas that a text is built on?

Which pair is a binary opposition rather than a simple related pair?

A story sets the city against the village at every turn. The story is built on a:

Which literary form is written in lines and stanzas?

Which literary form is written to be performed by actors on a stage?

Writing that runs in ordinary sentences and paragraphs is called:

A short story and a novel both belong to which literary form?

A script prints "(He turns away and speaks quietly.)" This instruction is a:

A stage direction is spoken aloud by the actors as part of the dialogue.

Which term names the words the characters speak to one another?

Which element of a play does an audience hear rather than see?

Which term names the group in Greek drama that comments on the action?

A group of villagers speaks together and warns the hero of danger. They act as the:

Which term names the meaning a character implies but never states?

A woman says "I am fine" while packing to leave. The unspoken meaning is the:

An epic is a long narrative poem that tells of heroic deeds.

Homer's Odyssey is best classified as which of these?

Which feature best marks a work as an epic?

In literary study, which term names the span of time in which a work was written?

Which term names the part of the world a literature comes from?

"African literature of the 1960s" names which two things?

Which term names writing from many countries and cultures studied together?

A teacher pairs a Japanese poem with a Nigerian novel and a Greek play. The course is: