Elements of Fiction

Question 1

Is there to interact with the major characters and help advance the plot.

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Minor Characters

Question 2

"When I was a kid, I used to walk to school in the snow, uphill, both ways" is an example of...

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hyperbole

Question 3

The author lets the reader STEAL information about what the character is like by showing.

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Indirect Characterization

Question 4

How the conflict is resolved.

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Resolution

Question 5

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of a(n)......

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Idiom

Question 6

An antagonist is...

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person, or force, who works against the main character

Question 7

The ________ is the sequence of events in a story

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plot

Question 8

Produced by a single word that sounds like the thing it refers to.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 9

Mood is...

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the feeling a reader gets from a story

Question 10

Setting is

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the environment in which the story takes place

Question 11

The use of sensory details to describe or visualize a mood, idea, or character.

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imagery

Question 12

When an author gives an object, plant, or animal human-like qualities

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personification

Question 13

The American flag representing freedom in an example of…

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Symbolism

Question 14

"Internal" and "external" are types of...

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conflicts

Question 15

The definition of climax is...

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the most intense part or the turning point

Question 16

when something happens that is the opposite of what you expected

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Situational Irony

Question 17

A dynamic character...

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undergoes important changes in the course of a story

Question 18

Theme is...

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the life lesson or author’s message.

Question 19

An author provides hints or clues about something that’s going to happen later in the story.

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foreshadowing

Question 20

__________ is a great exaggeration used to emphasize a point, or for expressive or comic effect

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hyperbole

Question 21

A comparison of two different things which states that the two are actually the SAME thing.

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Metaphor

Question 22

Who is your favorite teacher?

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Mr. McCamish

Question 23

A narrator can describe the thoughts, feelings, and actions of just one character in the story

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Third person limited

Question 24

Dramatic irony is when

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the reader knows something the characters don't

Question 25

narrator can describe the thoughts, feelings and experiences of all the characters in the story

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Third Person Omniscient

Elements of Fiction

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Elements of Fiction

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