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King - Story Elements & Literary Terms
King - Story Elements & Literary Terms
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An #ELA #quiz that serves as a review of #plotelements and #literaryterms for #8thgrade.
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The five elements of plot (in the exact order) are:
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Act., Resolution
Exposition, Conflict, Climax, Resolution, End
Beginning, Middle, Climax, Resolution, End
Beginning, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, End
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A series of related events within the same story.
Point of View
Sequence
Fiction
Plot
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The narrator is also outside the story, but can reveal things about many characters.
Genre
Limited 3rd Person
1st Person
Omniscient Point of View
4
Multidimensional characters that develop and change throughout the story.
Conflict
Static Character
Antagonist
Dynamic Character
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The end of the conflict in a story.
Exposition
Resolution
Plot
Setting
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The feeling created in the reader as he/she reads the story.
Theme
Mood
Dynamic Character
Conflict
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The events in a story could really happen.
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Limited 3rd Person
Fiction
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In a story, the TIME + the PLACE it takes place make up the story's:
Falling Action
Rising Action
Exposition
Setting
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A person in the story.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
Character
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An outside force: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society.
Conflict
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
Mood
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A story with scientific elements that could be true.
Memoir
Science Fiction
Autobiography
Fable
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Hints about what is going to happen next are also called:
Theme
Exposition
Conflict
Foreshadowing
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A struggle between two opposing forces.
Theme
Conflict
External
Internal
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All of the events leading up to the climax.
Resolution
Rising Action
Climax
Plot
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The perspective from which a story is told:
Omniscient
Limited 3rd Person
Point of View
1st Person
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The character in the story that opposes the main character:
Conflict
Antagonist
Protagonist
Theme
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A story with magical elements. (i.e. Cinderella)
Fable
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Fairy Tale
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A character who doesn't change over the course of the story is called:
Static Character
Flat Character
all of the above
1 Dimensional
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A story based on facts.
Drama
Memoir
Non-fiction
Biography
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The narrator is a person in the story and uses the pronouns I, me, and we.
Omniscient Point of View
1st Person
Limited 3rd Person
2nd Person Point of View
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The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
Setting
Point of View
Plot
Resolution
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The high point of interest or suspense in a story, novel, or play is called:
Climax
Setting
Omniscient Point of View
Exposition
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An account of a person's life based on facts.
Biography
Autobiography
Eye Witness Account
Memoir
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The narrator is outside the story and reveals things about one character.
Omniscient Point of View
Limited 3rd Person
Fiction
Realistic Fiction
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Action in the story after the climax is revealed is called:
Resolution
Climax
Setting
Falling Action
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The main character in a story is called:
Internal
External
Protagonist
Antagonist
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A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a story is called:
Conflict
Coincidence
Humor
Irony
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Having an object, person, or idea stand for or represent something else is called:
Illusion
Fiction
Symbolism
Genre
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A story based on historical events is called:
Science Fiction
Fable
Historical Fiction
Biography
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A story's main idea or message. (i.e. Love Conquers All, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover.)
Conflict
Mood
Theme
Static Character
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An account of the writer's life based on facts.
Drama
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
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An inside force: Man vs. Self. A struggle inside the mind.
Internal
Theme
External
Mood
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A short autobiography focusing on a one or more events in a person's life.
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Mood
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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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Flat characters who never change or develop throughout the story.
External
Dynamic Character
Internal
Static Character
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A story invented by the writer.
Realistic Fiction
1st Person
Genre
Fiction
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A character who changes over the course of the story:
All of the above
Dynamic Character
3 Dimensional Character
Round Character
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The method an author uses to develop the personalities of his characters.
Plot
Foreshadowing
Characterization
Details
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The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
Genre
Theme
Plot
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The beginning of the story providing setting and background information.
Exposition
Plot
Climax
Falling Action
