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Story Elements & Literary Terms
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An #ELA #quiz that serves as a review of #plotelements and #literaryterms for #8thgrade.
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The main character in a story is called:
Protagonist
Antagonist
Internal
External
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Having an object, person, or idea stand for or represent something else is called:
Symbolism
Fiction
Genre
Illusion
3
A play with characters who speak, and have conflicts with other characters.
Theme
Conflict
Drama
Mood
4
An outside force: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society.
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
Mood
Conflict
5
Hints about what is going to happen next are also called:
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Exposition
Theme
6
A story based on facts.
Biography
Drama
Non-fiction
Memoir
7
The method an author uses to develop the personalities of his characters.
Details
Characterization
Plot
Foreshadowing
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The character in the story that opposes the main character:
Theme
Protagonist
Conflict
Antagonist
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A story invented by the writer.
Fiction
Realistic Fiction
1st Person
Genre
10
A series of related events within the same story.
Sequence
Plot
Point of View
Fiction
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A short autobiography focusing on a one or more events in a person's life.
Mood
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
12
The events in a story could really happen.
Fiction
Limited 3rd Person
Realistic Fiction
Genre
13
A story's main idea or message. (i.e. Love Conquers All, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover.)
Static Character
Theme
Conflict
Mood
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Flat characters who never change or develop throughout the story.
External
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Internal
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All of the events leading up to the climax.
Resolution
Climax
Rising Action
Plot
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A story with magical elements. (i.e. Cinderella)
Fantasy
Fairy Tale
Historical Fiction
Fable
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An account of a person's life based on facts.
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
Eye Witness Account
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The narrator is also outside the story, but can reveal things about many characters.
Limited 3rd Person
Omniscient Point of View
1st Person
Genre
19
A character who changes over the course of the story:
All of the above
3 Dimensional Character
Dynamic Character
Round Character
20
A category or type of literature.
Fiction
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Point of View
21
The perspective from which a story is told.
Plot
Genre
Point of View
Theme
22
A story that teaches a lesson. The characters are usually animals. i.e. The Lion and the Mouse
Non-fiction
Fantasy
Mood
Fable
23
The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
Resolution
Plot
Point of View
Setting
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A story with scientific elements that could be true.
Memoir
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Fable
25
Starts a story in the present and then moves backward in time to retell the plot.
Irony
Suspense
Flashback
Rising Action
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Multidimensional characters that develop and change throughout the story.
Conflict
Dynamic Character
Antagonist
Static Character
27
A person in the story.
Character
Protagonist
Dynamic Character
Static Character
28
The narrator is outside the story and reveals things about one character.
Limited 3rd Person
Realistic Fiction
Fiction
Omniscient Point of View
29
The end of the conflict in a story.
Resolution
Setting
Plot
Exposition
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An account of the writer's life based on facts.
Autobiography
Memoir
Drama
Biography
31
The perspective from which a story is told:
Omniscient
Limited 3rd Person
1st Person
Point of View
32
Action in the story after the climax is revealed is called:
Resolution
Climax
Falling Action
Setting
33
A play with supernatural characters and events (i.e. monsters).
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Theme
34
A person who sees something, and gives a first-hand account.
Antagonist
Protagonist
Eye Witness Account
Drama
35
A struggle between two opposing forces.
Theme
Internal
Conflict
External
36
The five elements of plot (in the exact order) are:
Exposition, Conflict, Climax, Resolution, End
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Act., Resolution
Beginning, Middle, Climax, Resolution, End
Beginning, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, End
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A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a story is called:
Coincidence
Humor
Irony
Conflict
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An inside force: Man vs. Self. A struggle inside the mind.
Theme
External
Internal
Mood
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The beginning of the story providing setting and background information.
Plot
Falling Action
Climax
Exposition
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In a story, the TIME + the PLACE it takes place make up the story's:
Exposition
Setting
Falling Action
Rising Action
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The narrator is a person in the story and uses the pronouns I, me, and we.
Omniscient Point of View
1st Person
2nd Person Point of View
Limited 3rd Person
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The feeling created in the reader as he/she reads the story.
Conflict
Dynamic Character
Mood
Theme
43
The high point of interest or suspense in a story, novel, or play is called:
Climax
Setting
Omniscient Point of View
Exposition
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A character who doesn't change over the course of the story is called:
1 Dimensional
Static Character
all of the above
Flat Character
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A story based on historical events is called:
Biography
Fable
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
