Fiction Elements
A figure in a literary work.
What is a character.
Plays are written as lines of a dialogue in the form of this.
What is a script.
"Seventh Grade" was written by this author.
Who is Gary Soto.
It's, meaning it is or it has, is called.
What is a conjunction.
This category of a plot structure includes the characters and setting.
What is the exposition.
The time and place the story takes place.
What is the setting.
Scripts are broken down into one or more of these. Also known as major divisions in a play.
What are acts.
What acts as a foreshadowing element in "A Hard Rain"?
This form of "its", without the apostrophe, is called this.
What is the possessive form.
This piece of the plot structure reveals the final outcome of the main character's journey.
What is the resolution.
The way in which the story elements are arranged.
What is the plot.
Each act is subdivided into these. Also known as smaller divisions within the act.
What are scenes.
The protagonist in "Seventh Grade."
Who is Victor.
This punctuation mark indicates a pause, and is typically found between two main clauses.
What is a semicolon.
In which Pixar short is the climax revealed as when "They stop to listen to the radio antennae...up until they're the same..."
What is "Day and Night."
Any struggle between opposing forces. Typically, the protagonist struggling with another force.
What is the conflict.
These are often in parenthesis or italics and help the actors interpret the scene for the audience.
What are stage directions.
In "Seventh Grade," Michael does this facial expression.
What is scowl.
A pronoun is a word that may take the place of one or more nouns. But the noun that a pronoun refers to is called this.
What is an antecedent.
In "Seventh Grade," this moment happens immediately before the climax, "He remembered his college years when he dated a girlfriend in borrowed cars..." This device is referred to a this.
What is a flashback.
The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn or take away from the story.
What is the theme.
Also known as "the program," this gives the audience information on the scenes, songs, and characters in the play.
What is a playbill.
The name of this short story that includes the characters named Derek and Lila.
What is "Red Roses."
This pronoun type has the same pronouns as interrogative pronouns and demonstrative pronouns but is used in a statement.
What are relative pronouns.
These actions lead into the climax.
What are rising actions.