Fiction: The Novel and Literary Terms

Question 1

The struggle or problem within a story is called

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Conflict

Question 2

A recurring element, image or idea in a story (keeps popping up!)

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Motif

Question 3

The perspective from which a story is told, narrated

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Point of View

Question 4

When sensory details create pictures in your mind, the pictures in your mind is called...

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Imagery

Question 5

Of lesser importance =

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Subordinate

Question 6

A reference to a famous person, character, (like Barney), place, or event is an...

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Allusion

Question 7

The feeling created in a literary work or piece of art is the

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Atmosphere

Question 8

When a person writes his/her own life story. This is called an

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Autobiography

Question 9

When characters experience a sudden and vivid memory of the past. This is called...

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flashback

Question 10

When a person researches and writes about the life of someone else. They write a...

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Biography

Question 11

The time and place a story is set

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Setting

Question 12

Language and Tone can create an emotional environment. The emotions are the...

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Mood

Question 13

A person's ideas of what a story or piece of art means is the person's...

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Interpretation

Question 14

The way a person views a situation is called

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Perspective

Question 15

Clues or hints that signal events that will occur in the future.

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Foreshadowing

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