Elements of Fiction
Elements of Fiction 2
Elements of Fiction 3
Elements of Fiction 4
100
The time, place, and cultural context of a story.
What is the setting?
100

The most important moment in a story; usually a main character changes after this point.

What is the climax?

100

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

What figurative language is used in the sentence above?

What is a simile?

100

What is the term for finding quotes and using them to strengthen a claim?

What is textual evidence?
200
The feeling the reader experiences when reading a text.
What is the mood?
200
The conclusion, or end to a story, during which all conflicts are resolved.
What is the resolution?
200

The message about life or lesson the reader is supposed to learn from a text

What is theme?

200

The point of view where the narrator is the main character in the story.

What is 1st person point of view? 

300
An author's description of a character's personality.
What is characterization?
300
The point in the story when suspense and interest begin to build.
What is the rising action?
300

What types of questions make you use what you know and what you have read in order to find the answer?

What are INFERENCES? 

300

The two words that make up the setting in a story.

What is time and place or when and where?

400

This is the only type of conflict that is NOT an external conflict.

What is internal conflict?

400
The event(s) after the turning point in the story, when conflicts begin to be resolved.
What is the falling action?
400

"Treat others the way you want to be treated" is an example of what element of fiction?

What is a theme?

400

Which point of view does the narrator know all the thoughts and feelings of all characters and is not a character in the story?

What is 3rd person omniscient?

500
The beginning of a story, during which the characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
500

The way the author feels about the topic they're writing about

What is tone?

500

The series of events that make up the story.

What is the plot?

500

The character or thing going against the main character is called this.

What is the antagonist?

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