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Elements of Fiction Vocabulary
Elements of Fiction Vocabulary
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An English Quiz to review the elements of fiction for the short story test.
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All of the events that take place in a story.
subplot
In Media Res
plot
point of view
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The time and place of the story.
Cultural Capitol
Plot
Setting
In Media Res
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When one thing stands for another.
cultural capitol
subplot
symbolism
theme
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The narrator knows no one's thoughts. The narrator can only say what is happening in the story
Objective POV
First Person POV
Third person limited POV
Third person omniscient POV
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The narrator knows the entire story including the thoughts of the characters.
Objective POV
First person
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
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The events following the climax. The working out of the conflict.
plot
falling action
exposition
rising action
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The feeling the reader gets when reading a particular section of a story.
theme
symbolism
mood
tone
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The solution to the problem.
rising action
inciting incident
resolution
conflict
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The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
Setting
Symbolism
In Media Res
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The events leading to the climax.
falling action
denouement
resolution
rising action
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The story is told by a character within the story.
Objective POV
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
First person POV
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The background information to a story.
exposition
conflict
inciting incident
rising action
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The incident which sparks the conflict.
conflict
falling action
inciting incident
rising action
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The problem - man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. self; man vs. technology; man vs. society
conflict
climax
plot
theme
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The highest point, or turning point, of the story.
climax
falling action
rising action
setting
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A plot working within a larger plot.
point of view
symbolism
setting
subplot
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The events following the climax. The working out of the conflict.
plot
inciting incident
denouement
climax
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The narrator is limited to knowing the thoughts of only one character.
Third Person Limited POV
Third Person Objective POV
Third Person Omniscient POV
First Person POV
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The universal statement about life the author is trying to make.
theme
symbolism
setting
mood
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The author or speaker's feelings toward the characters or subject matter.
objective point of view
mood
tone
subplot
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The education, history, knowledge, wealth, health, awareness that encompass a particular area.
cultural capitol
In Media Res
symbolism
theme
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In the middle of things. The story begins in the middle of the action.
plot
climax
In Media Res
subplot
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To draw a conclusion based on given facts.
In Media Res
cultural capitol
infer
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