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Perspectives
Elements of Fiction
Structures
People
Things to Remember for your TEST
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The perspective from which the story is told
What is Point of View?
100
A mental picture created by an author
What is imagery?
100
The place AND time that a story takes place
What is setting?
100
The main character who drives the action. It is usually a good or heroic type.
What is the protagonist?
100
Whenever possible, you should use WHAT to answer the question?
What is "evidence from the text" or a quote.
200
One of the characters, using the personal pronoun "I" is telling the story.
What is 1st person point of view?
200
anything that stands for something else and has a deeper meaning
What is a symbol?
200
The turning point of the story when the conflict moves toward resolution.
What is the climax?
200
This is the character who works against the protagonist. It is usually a bad or flawed character.
What is the antagonist?
200
Setting contains TWO parts for full credit. What are they?
What is TIME and PLACE?
300
The entire story is instructing the reader what is happening to 'you.'
What is 2nd person perspective?
300
A general and universal point about human nature or life expressed in the narrative, usually a lesson of some sort.
What is the theme?
300
A character struggles with another person, with a group of people, or with a force of nature
What is an external conflict?
300
"She was taller than all the other girls in school." This is an example of...
What is Direct Characterization?
300
The subject is a single word. The THEME of novel is a full _____________ and teaches a __________.
What is SENTENCE and LESSON.
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The narrator is telling the story from one character's perspective but is not using 'I.'
What is 3rd person limited point of view?
400
The writer's attitude toward the material or the reader.
What is tone?
400
A struggle which takes place in the character's mind
What is an internal conflict?
400
"She made her bed neatly every morning before leaving for school." This is an example of...
What is "Indirect Characterization"?
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In order to figure out the theme, it is helpful to figure out....
What is the "lesson that the main character learns"?
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The narrator is telling the story from an all-knowing perspective.
What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
500
Person, place, animal, object or idea that stands for something beyond itself.
What is symbol?
500
What is missing from this answer? The setting of the story is school.
There is no discussion of 'time.'
500
If the narrator is a character in the story, you know that the point of view must be....
What is first person point of view?
500
This is when the expected outcome is the OPPOSITE of what actually happens.
What is Irony?