Fiction Elements
Short Stories
Grammar
Mr. Nap
Potpourri
100
This is the term used to describe the main problem in a piece of fiction.
What is the conflict?
100
This is title of the story with main character Rainsford.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
100
This is the punctuation mark used at the end of interrogative sentences.
What is a question mark?
100
This is Mr. Nap's favorite movie.
What is Gladiator.
100
This is the number one activity that builds synaptic bridges.
What is reading?
200
This is the type of point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story.
What is first person narration?
200
This is the author of "The Cask of Amontillado."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
200
This is another name for a complete sentence (subject and verb).
What is an independent clause?
200
Mr. Nap's ancestors came from what country?
What is Italy?
200
This is the man who made a Mt. Everest summit attempt in the 1920's.
Who is George Mallory?
300
This is the term used to describe the character or force at work against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
300
This is the setting of the story "Beware of the Dog."
What is France?
300
This is the way we indicate the title of a novel.
What is italics or underlining?
300
Last year, Mr. Nap accidentally hit this type of animal on the road and felt terrible about it.
What is a cat?
300
This is when a character remembers something from his or her past.
What is a flashback?
400
This is a term used to describe a character's moment of discovery or insight.
What is epiphany?
400
This is the central theme of "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind."
What is "it's always better to work together because if you don't, people will suffer"?
400
This is a piece of punctuation that is used to separate independent clauses that are closely related.
What is a semicolon?
400
This is the name of Mr. Nap's son.
What is Luke
400
This is another term used to describe a "round" character.
What is dynamic?
500
This is the translation of the Latin term "in medias res."
What is "in the midst of things"?
500
This is the author of the short story "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
500
This is a piece of punctuation used to show a sudden break in thought or for emphasis.
What is a dash?
500
This is Mr. Nap's favorite number.
What is 4?
500
This is the term used to describe a company's or person's main objective in life.
What is a mission statement?
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