Fiction is the writing of a story or text that is not true. It can be written in the form of either poetry or prose. Poetry is a style of writing in which short lines form verses. Often,words at the end of these lines rhyme, like “bed” and “red”. We call a group of verses about one subject a “poem”. Prose writing does not have verses, nor does it rhyme. It uses sentences and paragraphs. Prose is used in magazine articles, newspaper stories, short stories, and books.Prose fiction has existed since ancient times, but most early fiction was actually written as poetry. Scholars disagree about the date of the first prose fiction book, or novel. Some scholars classify fictional stories from ancient Greece and Rome as the early novels. Others claim there were novels in Asia as early as the 6th century. These early novels were mostly short adventure stories about fictional characters.In Europe, prose fiction began to seriously challenge poetry in the 16th century. A Spanish author, Cervantes, wrote Europe’s first prose novel in the early 1600s. However, longer novels, like Cervantes’s Don Quixote, did not become very popular until the 1700s. By that time, there were more printing presses, and more people knew how to read. In addition, more people had money to buy these books. Today, the vast majority of fiction is written in prose rather than in poetry.
Question 1: What does the word “It” inparagraph 1 refer to?
A. Non-fiction B. Fiction C. Poetry D. Prose
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Question 2:What can we learn aboutnewspaper stories from paragraph 1 ?
A. They are usually written in verse.
B. They are usually written in rhyme.
C. They are usually written in paragraphs
D. They are usually written by scholars.
Prose fiction has existed since ancient times, but most early fiction was actually written as poetry.
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Question 3: The word “classify” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. teach B. write C. call D. learn
Question 4: What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A. Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago.
B. Poetic fiction has not been around since ancient times.
C. The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century.
D. The date of the earliest known novel is not easyto determine.
A Spanish author, Cervantes, wrote Europe’s first prose novel in the early 1600s.
Question 5: The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about _________ .
A. when prose became dominant in Europe
B. when poetry became dominant in Europe
C. when Cervantes became an important author
D. when prose began in Spain
more people knew how to read
