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9th Grade Story Elements & Literary Terms
9th Grade Story Elements & Literary Terms
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An #ELA #quiz that serves as a review of #plotelements and #literaryterms for #9thgrade.
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The perspective from which a story is told:
Limited 3rd Person
Omniscient
1st Person
Point of View
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Starts a story in the present and then moves backward in time to retell the plot.
Flashback
Irony
Rising Action
Suspense
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A character who doesn't change over the course of the story is called:
1 Dimensional
all of the above
Static Character
Flat Character
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In a story, the TIME + the PLACE of the story is its:
Setting
Rising Action
Falling Action
Exposition
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Action in the story after the climax is revealed is called:
Falling Action
Setting
Resolution
Climax
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A person who sees something, and gives a first-hand account.
Antagonist
Protagonist
Drama
Eye Witness Account
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Multidimensional characters that develop and change throughout the story.
Antagonist
Conflict
Static Character
Dynamic Character
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The narrator is a person in the story and uses the pronouns I, me, and we.
Limited 3rd Person
2nd Person Point of View
1st Person
Omniscient Point of View
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Flat characters who never change or develop throughout the story.
Internal
Dynamic Character
Static Character
External
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The high point of interest or suspense in a story, novel, or play is called:
Climax
Setting
Exposition
Omniscient Point of View
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A character who changes over the course of the story:
Round Character
All of the above
Dynamic Character
3 Dimensional Character
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A story based on facts.
Drama
Biography
Non-fiction
Memoir
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A story that teaches a lesson. The characters are usually animals. i.e. The Lion and the Mouse
Fable
Non-fiction
Mood
Fantasy
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The beginning of the story providing setting and background information.
Falling Action
Climax
Exposition
Plot
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An account of the writer's life based on facts.
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Drama
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A struggle between two opposing forces.
Internal
Theme
Conflict
External
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The narrator is outside the story and reveals things about one character.
Fiction
Limited 3rd Person
Realistic Fiction
Omniscient Point of View
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Hints about what is going to happen next are also called:
Theme
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Exposition
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An inside force: Man vs. Self. A struggle inside the mind.
Internal
External
Mood
Theme
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The end of the conflict in a story.
Exposition
Resolution
Setting
Plot
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An outside force: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society.
Conflict
Mood
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
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A personal account of a person's life based on facts.
Eye Witness Account
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
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A short autobiography focusing on other and events.
Memoir
Autobiography
Mood
Biography
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A play with characters who speak, and have conflicts with other characters.
Mood
Conflict
Theme
Drama
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A series of related events within the same story.
Point of View
Plot
Sequence
Fiction
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The method an author uses to develop the personalities of his characters.
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Plot
Details
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A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a story is called:
Coincidence
Irony
Humor
Conflict
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The character in the story that opposes the main character:
Antagonist
Protagonist
Theme
Conflict
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Having an object, person, or idea stand for or represent something else is called:
Symbolism
Genre
Fiction
Illusion
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A category or type of literature.
Realistic Fiction
Fiction
Point of View
Genre
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A story invented by the writer.
Realistic Fiction
1st Person
Fiction
Genre
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A story with scientific elements that could be true.
Memoir
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Fable
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A person in the story.
Protagonist
Static Character
Character
Dynamic Character
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The five elements of plot (in the exact order) are:
Beginning, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, End
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Act., Resolution
Beginning, Middle, Climax, Resolution, End
Exposition, Conflict, Climax, Resolution, End
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A story based on historical events is called:
Science Fiction
Fable
Historical Fiction
Biography
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All of the events leading up to the climax.
Plot
Rising Action
Resolution
Climax
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The feeling created in the reader as he/she reads the story.
Conflict
Mood
Theme
Dynamic Character
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A story with magical elements. (i.e. Cinderella)
Fable
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Fairy Tale
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A story's main idea or message. (i.e. Love Conquers All, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover.)
Theme
Mood
Static Character
Conflict
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The narrator is also outside the story, but can reveal things about many characters.
Omniscient Point of View
1st Person
Limited 3rd Person
Genre
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The main character in a story is called:
Antagonist
Internal
Protagonist
External
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The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
Genre
Theme
Plot
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The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
Resolution
Plot
Setting
Point of View
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A play with supernatural characters and events (i.e. monsters).
Fantasy
Theme
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
