Match the description to the term.

1. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Leo Tolstoy

2. the resolving of the action

Life of Johnson

3. an extreme, unbelievable character

naturalism

4. based on determinism

narrative

5. a story or account

Robinson Crusoe

6. Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

7. War and Peace

caricature

8. example of a novel of incidence

biography

9. the true story of an individual's life

Jules Verne

10. James Boswell

denouement

1. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea = Jules Verne. (this French writer wrote this revolutionary 'sci-fi' novel back in 1870)

2. the resolving of the action = denouement. (it is a French word meaning a conclusion, something that explains everything in the end)

3. an extreme, unbelievable character = caricature. (often writers exaggerate a lot when they describe certain characters, usually to mock some of their flaws)

4. based on determinism = naturalism. (this literary era was all about determinism - meaning that we are not the rulers over our own lives, but rather that everything has already been determined for us, whether we like it or not)

5. a story or account = narrative (it is a piece of literature you write about something)

6. Canterbury Tales = Geoffrey Chaucer (a collection of 24 stories written somewhere in the 14th century)

7. War and Peace = Leo Tolstoy (a famous Russian author who wrote this lengthy novel in 1869 and is considered to be his masterpiece)

8. example of a novel of incidence = Robinson Crusoe (Crusoe is incidentally left alone on an island)

9. James Boswell = Life of Johnson (a biography about Dr. Samuel Johnson's life)