Fiction and Dialogue
Characters and Setting
Theme
Point of View
Plot
100

Stories that are made up

What is Fiction

100

a character’s goals or what he or she wants

What are character motivation(s)?

100

What the story is mainly about

What is central idea?

100
the way the story is told

What is point of view?

100

These can create suspense, reveal character motivations, or hint at the theme.

What is flashbacks?

200

Type of fiction that takes place in present day

What is contemporary?

200

people, objects, or animals who participate in a story.

What is character?

200

the message about life, human nature, or society that the author wants the reader to understand

What is theme?
200

What point of view has the narrator as a character in the story?

What is first-person?

200

the sequence of events that make up the action of the story

What is plot?
300

takes place in the past; may involve real people or events

What is historical fiction?
300

he place where a story unfolds and the time (past, present, or future) when the action takes place.

What is setting?

300

Paying attention to how characters change, what motivates them, how they interact, and how they ________ the ________ can help you figure out the theme.

What is resolve the conflict?

300

Name the three types of point of view discussed today.

What is first-person, third-person limited, and third-person omniscient?

300

The problem a character or characters must solve.

What is conflict?

400

conversations between characters

What is dialogue?

400

a character’s qualities, or what he or she is like

What is character traits?

400

A theme should be ___________.

What is universal?

400

Which point of view knows everything about all the characters?

What is third person omniscient?

400

A chapter, scene, or sentence that adds excitement or tension to make the reader want to know more.

What is suspense?

500

a story that has a moral or lesson

What is a fable?

500

What is an example of a book and movie where the plot changes and causes the character's motivations and events to change or happen.

What is The Wizard of Oz?

500

What was the theme of the paragraph we read about Ada and Leo?

What is "When two people refuse to compromise, nobody wins"?

500

Which point of view knows only one character's thoughts and feelings, but is on the outside of the story?

What is third-person limited?

500

Each chapter of a novel can be called a(n) ___________.

What is episode?

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