Prose Terminology Quiz (G7-10)

The teller of the story. (First person, third person, third person limited or omniscient)

Introduction to the setting, characters and plot.

Writing that presents a particular viewpoint, or is biased in some way.

The reasons that cause the characters to act as they do.

The most intense moment in the plot.

The use of clues to hint at something important later in the plot.

Contrast between the way things are, and the way they appear to be.

The conversation between characters.

A character who resists, refuses or simply does not change during a narrative.

Prose writing in which the characters and events are imaginary.

The increase of action, suspense and conflict leading to the climax.

The struggle within the plot between opposing forces, which may be external or internal.

Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is goingto happen next.

The problems in the story are resolved, and the plot is brought to a close.

A piece of prose that is not based on imagination; a true story.

Aan event that happened at an earlier time.

When the reader knows something important that a character does not.

The principal character in a work of fiction.

The writer's choice of words.

The central idea(s) or insight(s) revealed by a work of literature.

A character created according to widely-held, often narrow-minded ideas.

Writing that presents factual information and a variety of viewpoints.

A character who changes significantly as a result of the events in the narrative.

The techniques an author uses to create and reveal characters in fiction.

The time and place of events in a literary work.