Focus on Fiction 130-131 vocabulary

Question 1

When the narrator can tell the innermost feelings and thoughts of only one character

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third-person limited

Question 2

A character that has strenghts and weaknesses, as real people do.

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well-rounded

Question 3

The main character in a literary work

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protagonist

Question 4

When one character struggles within his or her own mind about something

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internal conflict

Question 5

Arises when two characters important to the story struggle against one another

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conflict

Question 6

The series of events in a literary work

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plot

Question 7

In __________ point of view, the narrator is an observer who stands outside the action.

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third-person

Question 8

In ___________ point of view, the narrator is a participant in the action.

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first-person

Question 9

the decisive turning point in the action of the story

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climax

Question 10

the inhabitants of the fictional world the author creates

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characters

Question 11

The position from which the story is told.

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point of view

Question 12

The rival of the main character in a literary work.

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antagonist

Question 13

when the narrator is all-knowing, the point of view is called ______.

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omniscient

Question 14

The central or dominating idea of a literary work.

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theme

Question 15

The tension is released, and the ____________, or conclusion, follows.

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denouement

Question 16

They have one-dimensional personalities and may even be stereotypes.

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flat

Question 17

The physical place, the time, and the general background in which a story takes place

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setting

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