Elements of fiction
REVIEW MS. PAT TERSON
Story elements
1.The time and location in which a story takes place
a)Plot
b)setting
c)conflict
d)characterization
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2.The underlying meaning or main idea of a story is called the
a) theme
b)mood
c)plot
d)setting
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Don't judge a book by its cover is an example of
a)mood b) theme
c)conflict
d)setting
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4. The eyes through which the story is told.
a)camera view b)character view c)point of view
d)none of the above .
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5. The central, main character of a story is called the ____________.
a)antagonist
b)protagonist
c)internal
d) external
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The opposition of forces, essential to the plot is called__________?
a)setting
b)conflict
c)character
d)climax .
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7.What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?
a)setting
b)conflict
c)character
d)narrator
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. The most exciting part of the story is called the _________.
a)setting
b)exposition
c)climax d) rising action
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. What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?
a)setting
b)plot
c)character
d)conflict
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10. The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.
a)protagonist
b)antagonist
c)dynamic character
d)static character
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. All events leading up to the climax?
a)exposition
b) resolution
c) falling action
d) rising action .
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12. All events after the climax and leading to the denouement.
a)exposition
b) resolution
c) rising action
d) falling action
Point of View
The author can shift focus from character to character. The author’s narrator shares knowledge of
each main character’s thoughts and of events which no single character could be aware.
3rd Person-Omniscient
b. first person
c. 3rd person limited d. internal conflict.
Point of view
The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like I, me, mine.
3rd Person-Omniscient
b. first person
c. 3rd person limited d. internal conflict.
Point of View
The author takes on the personality of a character in the story and has that character narrate the
story to the reader.
3rd Person-Omniscient
b. first person
c. 3rd person limited d. internal conflict.
Point of view
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She
was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she
was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her
patience at last and decided to think about running away.
Narrative Perspective:
_________________________________________________________________
If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? ________
Point of View
Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her
waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He
wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it
would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he
just wanted to pull one.
Narrative Perspective:
_________________________________________________________________
If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? _______________________
Point of View
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to
do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or
conversations?” So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a
daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a
White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
Narrative Perspective:
_________________________________________________________________
If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? ______
Conflict
Check the correct example below that defines Man vs Man.
A.
When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
B.
When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
C.
When a character disagrees with the values, laws, or beliefs of a group.
D.
When a character has an argument or disagreement with another character.
conflict
Check the correct example below that defines Man vs Nature.
A.
When a character has an argument or disagreement with another character.
B.
When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
C.
When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
D.
When a character disagrees with the values, laws,or beliefs of a group.
conflict
Check the correct example below that defines Man vs Self.
A.
When a character disagrees with the values, laws, or beliefs of a group.
B.
When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
C.
When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
D.
When a character has an argument or disagreement with another character.