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W RITING A BOUT P ROSE (F ICTION ) E X P R E S S Y O U R S E L F
QUESTIONS A B O U T L I T E R AT U R E

In general there are two types of questions that your teacher will pose about literature: short answer and essay.
Short answer questions can take the form of true/false, multiple-choice, or any question type for which there
is a definite right or wrong answer. These questions are almost always literal and they are almost always con-
cerned with plot and setting. That is, they require you to have very specific, detailed information from the
text. Another way to describe a literal question is that the answer can always be found in the text. For exam-
ple, “What is the name of Louise Mallard’s husband?” is a literal question. The answer is right in the story.
But all good tests will also require that you go beyond basic textual facts to interpretation. These ques-
tions are called figurative or interpretive questions and unlike literal questions, they are almost always con-
cerned with characterization and theme. You must know the details from the text but these questions ask you
to use those details to draw conclusions and opinions based on them. “Why did Louise die at the end?” This
question has several possible answers. Literally, she had a bad heart, and the shock of seeing her dead hus-
band killed her. But figurati



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