Fiction
_______ is the problem that characters in a story must face and solve.
Conflict
A schedule would be an example of a __________ text.
functional
A village by the sea is the _________ of Greyling.
setting
What is the setting of "My Heart is in the Highlands"?
Scotland
Fiction can contain imaginary people and animals.
True
An overall lesson or insight about life that is found in fiction is called a _________.
theme
central idea
What is the one thing that the fisherman's wife wants at the beginning of "Greyling."
What two things does Yolen compare in "My Heart is in the Highlands"?
stone cottages and her stories
Nonfiction can contain only facts and ideas.
True
Themes can be either stated or _______.
implied
An article is an example of _______ nonfiction.
literary
Why don't the fisherman and his wife let Greyling go into the sea?
They do not want him to turn into a seal.
From whom does Yolen take, or “thieve,” real-life details that she uses in her stories?
her friends and family
The narrator of Greyling is a character inside the story.
False
A __________ theme is a message about life that is expressed in many different cultures and time periods.
universal
__________ tell what something looks like, sounds like, feels like, and so on.
Descriptions
At the end of the story, why does Greyling come back and visit the fisherman and his wife once a year?
Because he loves them and wants to tell them about his adventures
When Jane Yolen visits Scotland, she notices that the cottages are built with _______ from older __________.
stones; buildings
The series of events that take place in a fictional story is called the conflict.
False; plot
What are the three forms of fiction?
1. Short stories
2. Novels
3. Novellas
What are the three most common purposes authors have for writing?
1. to inform
2. to entertain
3. to persuade
What does the fisherman mean when he says that Greyling has “gone where his heart calls” after he returns to the sea?
He has returned to where he truly belongs
What "stones from the past" does Yolen use to build her stories?
memories
When Greyling turns into a human, he has brown hair and blue eyes.
False; silver grey hair and grey eyes.