Narrative Elements
Which of the following terms means 'a struggle between 2 opposing forces'?
A.) climax
B.) conflict
C.) characters
B.) conflict
The _________ and __________ of a story is known as the setting.
(time, place)
A person, place, thing or idea.
noun
The movement of people is known as...
A.) push factors
B.) pull factors
C.) migration
C.) migration
A tool that shows the direction of North and other cardinal directions is known as what?
A.) map scale
B.) compass
C.) hemisphere
B.) compass
The time and place of a story is known as what?
A.) plot
B.) exposition
C.) setting
C.) setting
If the main character in a story has to adapt what does that mean?
A.) The main character becomes the bad guy.
B.) The main character changes something about himself/herself in a situation to try to be successful/
C.) The main character creates more conflict with the other characters.
B.) The main character changes something about himself/herself in a situation to try to be successful.
An action or state of being.
verb
An area of land that has common features is known as which of the following terms?
A.) place
B.) region
C.) location
B.) region
Tell me the difference between a continent and an ocean.
(answers will vary)
A continent is a continuous mass of land.
An ocean is a continuous body of water.
The events of a story from beginning to end is known as what?
A.) plot
B.) theme
C.) genre
a.) plot
A struggle between 2 or more opposing forces is known as the ____________.
conflict
describes a noun (person, place, thing, or idea)
adjective
Interactions between the human social system and the ecosystem is known as...
A.) pollution
B.) agriculture
C.) human environmental interaction
C.) human environmental interaction
List the 4 cardinal directions.
north, east, south, west
A category of artistic composition is known as what?
A.) plot
B.) theme
C.) genre
C. genre
What the story is mainly about is known as the...
A.) exposition
B.) main idea
C.) setting
Describes a verb (an action or state of being)
adverb
The physical and human characteristics of any location on Earth is known as which of the following terms?
A.) region
B.) place
C.) longitude
B.) place
Tell me the difference between latitude and longitude.
(answers will vary)
Latitude are imaginary lines that circle Earth’s surface running east and west parallel to the Equator.
Longitude are imaginary lines that circle Earth’s surface running north and south parallel to the Prime Meridian.
Tell me the difference between a work of fiction and a work of nonfiction?
(answers may vary)
Fiction is a work that is imaginary or made up.
Nonfiction is a work about real people and events.
When you use hints to figure out something you don't know in a text or reading passage, you are using your ___________ clues.
context
What part of speech replaces a noun to avoid repetition? The noun it refers to is known as the antecedent.
pronoun
Tell me the difference between relative and absolute location.
(answers will vary)
Relative location: a description of how a place is related to other places.
Absolute location: the precise geographic coordinates of a specific point on the Earth's surface, usually expressed in terms of latitude and longitude.
List the 7 continents and 5 oceans.
Continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern