Elements of Fiction

1

100

The pattern of action in a story is called...

Plot

200

Mood, Tone, or Both? 

SCARY

Mood

300

Perspective from which the story is told is CALLED

Point of View

400

Name one of the five plot action elements: 

1) Exposition 

2) Rising Action 

3) Climax 

4) Falling Action

5) Resolution 

500

The beginning of a story in which we learn the background of the characters and situation is CALLED

Exposition

2

100

True or False: the PROTAGONIST is the main character. 

True

200

Mood, Tone, or Both? 

SARCASTIC

Tone

300

The character or force that opposes the protagonist is CALLED

The ANTAGONIST 

400

True or False: using "he", "she", and "they" are all parts of first-person narrative. 

False

500

Is this sentence first-person or third-person narrative? 

“Alex saw the bird steal his/her/their sandwich, and he ran after it.”

Third-Person

3

100

The two types of characterizations we learned is...

Direct and Indirect 

200

The highest point of action; the turning point is CALLED...

Climax

300

When the author gives the reader (us) details or hints in the story about upcoming events is CALLED...

Foreshadowing 

400

Characterization is process by which the writer reveals the _________ of a character. 

personality 

500

Interruption in a plot to describe an action of the past is CALLED (hint: starts with an 'F') 

Flashback

4

100

True or False: First person narrative uses "I"

TRUE

200

A struggle between two opposing forces is called...

CONFLICT

300

The main idea or message of the story (also known as the statement the author is trying to make) is CALLED

Theme 

400

Name an EXTERNAL LITERARY CONFLICT

Person vs. Person

Person vs. Nature

Person vs. Society

Person vs. Fate/Supernatural

Person vs. Technology

500

True or False: Theme is just ONE word

FALSE

5

100

Are mood and tone the same thing? 

NO

200

time and place in which the story takes place is CALLED

The setting

300

MOOD resides with the _____—the feeling the

_____ gets from reading the story.

reader

400

Person vs. Self is INTERNAL or EXTERNAL conflict? 

INTERNAL

500

When the author reveals the personality of character through his or her Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, or Looks (hint: STEAL), this is CALLED... 

Indirect characterization