Conflict in Literature
This is the conflict when a person or people fights another person or group of people
What is person vs. person (formerly "man vs. man?")
This genre takes place in the past and has fictional characters live through real historical events
What is historical fiction?
This is literally a group of words arranged in a line, almost like a sentence in prose
What is a line?
These are the made up people in a play
Who are the characters?
What part of speech is the capitalized word: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or pronoun? "The BOY walked across the street."
What is a noun?
In this conflict, a person is tested against the natural world, such as animals or the climate
What is person vs. nature (formerly "man vs. nature?")
This genre usually takes place in the future and has technology that doesn't exist yet, like starships, AI, laser guns, and sentient robots
What is science fiction?
This word means a group of lines separated by a line break, almost like a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
The time and the place where a play takes place
What is the setting?
What part of speech is the capitalized word: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or pronoun? "The dog RAN into the bakery."
What is a verb?
In this conflict, a person rebels against the rules of the time and place where they live
What is person vs. society (formerly "man vs. society?")
This genre takes place in the present, and its name is from the Latin "con" ("with") and "tempo" ("times.")
What is contemporary fiction?
This word refers to "regular writing," any writing that is not poetry or drama
What is prose?
This is the way plays are written so actors will know which character speaks when
What is dialogue?
What part of speech is the capitalized word: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or pronoun? "The students CAREFULLY filled out the answers on their tests."
What is an adverb?
In this conflict, a person battles with their own conscience or fear
What is person vs. themselves (formerly "man vs. himself?")
This genre features animals who can talk and teaches a moral lesson
What is a folk tale or fable?
These are the similar sounding words at the end of two or more lines of poetry
What are rhymes?
In fiction, a story is usually in the form of a book. Inn drama it is usually in this form
What is a play?
What part of speech is the capitalized word: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or pronoun? "The soccer player had a YELLOW uniform."
What is an adjective?
In this conflict, a person battles against machines or robots that are oppressing humans
What is person vs. technology?
This genre only features things that could really happen
What is realistic fiction?
This is the rhythm of the syllables in a poem
What is the syllable scheme or meter?
This part of dialogue tells the actors what to do
What is stage direction?
What part of speech are the capitalized words: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or pronoun? "Hey! You and I should go get their snacks. They don't want them anymore."
What are pronouns?