Fiction Terms
Literary Terms
Point of View
Mood and Irony
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100
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or text, which tells the reader what the text is about:
a) PLOT
b) MAIN IDEA
c) SETTING
d) TONE
What is MAIN IDEA
100
When the author provides clues/hints to the reader to suggest that something will happen later in the plot is____? a) Flashback b) Foreshadowing c) Suspense d) Irony
What is foreshadowing?
100
the narrator tells the story from his/her point of view. The narrator uses the pronouns I,me,my,we,us is____?
a) first person pov
b) second person pov
c) third person pov omniscient
d) third person pov limited
What is (A) first person point of view?
100
when a character says something but means the opposite is_______? a) verbal irony b) situational irony c) dramatic irony
What is verbal irony?
100
This is the central or universal message in a story
a) THEME
b) SYMBOL
c) MAIN IDEA
d) CONFLICT
What is theme?
200
What happens in the story and the order it happens in is....
a) SETTING
b) TONE
c) THEME
d) PLOT
What is Plot
200
Both the time and geographic location in which the story takes place.
a) Flashback
b) Setting
c) Suspense
d) Irony
b) Setting
200
When the author uses the pronouns you, your and yours. a) first person pov b) second person pov c) third person pov
What is (B) second person point of view?
200
THE FEELINGS AND, OR EMOTIONS A READER GETS WHILE READING A STORY a) TONE b) IMAGERY c) MOOD d) THEME
What is Mood?
200
when the reader knows more than the characters know is ____? a) verbal irony b) situational irony c) dramatic irony
What is dramatic irony?
300
A long-forgotten memory came back to Peter as he drove through his old neighborhood. Mr. Smith's dog was chasing him down the street. He fell, and pain shot through his arm. This is an example of ____? a) flashback b) foreshadowing c) suspense d) irony
What is flashback
300
Flashback is____?
a) when the narrator tells about events that will never occur
b) when the narrator tells about events that will happen in the future
c) when the narrator tells about events that are happening d) when the narrator tells about events that happened in the past
What is (D) when the narrator tells about events that happened in the past?
300
the narrator knows all the actions, motives, thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a work of literature is____?
a) first person pov
b) second person pov
c) third person limited pov
d) third person omniscient pov
What is (D) third person omniscient point of view?
300
when the opposite of what the reader expects to happens occurs is______? Example - A fire station burns down. a) verbal irony b) situational irony c) dramatic irony
What is situational irony?
300
The turning point and most intense moment in a story?
a) rising action
b) climax
c) falling action
d) resolution
What is (B) Climax?
400
Suspense is___?
a) events that happened in the past
b) hints or clues about what will occur later in a story
c) the anxiety/excitements about what will happen next
d) the opposite of what you expected to happen in a story
c) What is the anxiety/excitements about what will happen next in a story?
400
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
a) foreshadowing
b) flashback
c) suspense
d) irony
What is (D) Irony?
400
When the author uses this point of view where the singular form is “I,” and the plural form is “we.” a) first person pov b) second person pov c) third person pov
What is (A) first person point of view?
400
When the audience knows something that some characters in the narrative do not. a) verbal irony b) situational irony c) dramatic irony
What is dramatic irony?
400
THE CENTRAL PROBLEM IN A STORY
a) PLOT
b) SYMBOL
c) THEME
d) CONFLICT
What is Conflict?
500
The intense feeling the audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events is______?
a) foreshadowing
b) flashback
c) suspense
d) irony
What is suspense
500
The people, animals or things represented in a story or literary work?
What is characters?
500
When the author uses pronouns such as he, she and they.
a) first person pov
b) second person pov
c) third person pov
What is (C) third person point of view?
500
What refers to the author’s attitude toward the work? a) mood b) tone c) foreshadowing d) irony
What is tone?
500
THE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO THE READERS FIVE SENSES
a) TONE
b) MOOD
c) IMAGERY
d) SETTING
What is imagery?