Elements of Fiction Quiz
Part I
Matching:
A. Antagonist
B. Protagonist
C. Author’s Purpose
D. Dialogue
E. Dialect
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Genre
Mood
Point of View
Plot
Setting
K.
L.
M.
N.
Style
Symbol
Theme
Character
1. __________ a form of language that is spoken in a particular place
or by a particular group of people
2. __________ the words spoken by characters in a literary work
3. __________ the feeling that a literary work gives to readers
4. __________ the writer's reason for creating a work
5. __________ the way the author uses words, phrases, and sentences
to express his ideas
6. __________ the statement about life that the author wants to
convey to the reader
7. __________ the person or thing working against the main character
of the story
8. __________ the vantage point from which a story is told
9. __________ a person, place, thing, or event used to represent
something else
10. __________ the category or type of literature
11. __________ a person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that
takes part in the action of a story
12. __________ the time and place in which the action of a literary
work occurs
13. __________ the main character or hero of the story
14. __________ the action or sequence of events in a story.
Part II
PARTS OF A PLOT
DEFINITION
1). Background information that
establishes the setting and
introduces the main characters
2). Towards the beginning of the
story when the main character
faces or tries to solve a problem
which grows more intense
3). The crucial moment of the
story – THE TURNING POINT
4). The story’s central problem
TERM
is finally solved
5). Sometimes called the
denouncement, this part of the
story explores the consequences
of the climatic decision
6). I, me, our, we, my
7). the voice through which
an author tells a story
8). he, she, they, them
9). Hints or clues early in a
story that anticipate what is
to come
10). Opposes the protagonist
or the “bad guy”
PART III
DIRECTIONS: Match each of the words below with the letter of the
definition that best describes them.
_____ 1. character
_____ 2. setting
told (the
a. where and when the action takes place
b. the perspective from which the story is
narrator or particular character tells the story)
_____ 3. plot
_____ 4. point-of-view
trying to give
c. a struggle that a character must overcome
d. the underlying message the author is
_____ 5. theme
plot is about
e. the element which refers to whom the
_____ 6. conflict
f. what happens in the story
DIRECTIONS: From the list below, complete each of the following
sentences with the word that completes it best.
initiating incident
resolution
climax
theme
subplot
characters
complications
man vs. self
man vs. nature
1. In the novel, the _______________________________ is the
moment
when the action rises to its highest point. (when you wouldn't want
to put the
story down)
2. The events in the story leading to the climax are called the
________ .
3. A young man rowing in a life boat in the middle of a terrible storm on
the
ocean is best described as a conflict involving
______________________ .
4. The event that starts the story is named the
________________________ .
5. The _____________________ is how the story conflict is solved.