Elements of Fiction Study Guide

Define Mood

What is theme?

An idea, feeling, or mood that a word creates

A plot working within a larger plot

The author's word choice choice

The background information to a story

All of the events that take place in a story

The dictionary definition of a word; the literal meaning of a word

Actions have an effect that is opposite from what intended

The solution to the porblem

Words express something contrary to the truth or someone says the opposite of what they really mean

The narrator knows no one's thoughts. They can only say what is happening in the story. "movie camera"

A person or group of people who oppose the protagonist

The events following the climax. The working out of the conflict

The representation of a character in a fictional work

The main character in a story

When you infer do you draw a conclusion based on given facts?

The narrator knows the entire story including the thoughts of the characters

The events that lead up to the climax

The author or speaker's feeling toward the characters or subject matter.

The Problem

A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

When one thing stands for another

The turning point in the story

Language and description that appeals to the five senses

The narrator is limited to knowing the thoughts of only one character

The perspective from which the story is told

An interruption of the chronological sequence to insert a past event

The time and place of the story

Incident that sparks the conflict

The story is told by a character within the story