M2 T1 Midterm Review

Simba in The Lion King feels guilty because he thinks he killed his own father, and decides he can't be king! This is:

A story with high stakes, dangerous situations, fights, fast cars....

A story set in the real city of Paris, France, in the year 1790, but with imaginary events made up by the author, is:

A character fights against an unfair law that discriminates against certain types of people.

Where and when the story takes place:

Nonfiction is just the facts - nothing made up by the author or imaginary!

The events of the story (what happens) make up the:

A character who stays the same from the beginning to the end of the story is "dynamic".

A character struggles to make the right decision due to their own fears and doubts...

A book about a real person's life is a BIOGRAPHY

There are 4 types of CONFLICT we learned about

Stories about gods/goddesses, which explain the creation of the earth or nature, are called:

A story with advanced technology, spaceships/outer space, aliens from other planets, cloning, futuristic weapons....

In fiction, the author makes up stories from their own imagination, but may also include things from the real world.

The problem, challenge, or disagreement in a story is its:

A story with a long journey or travel, maybe on a ship, maybe searching for something...

Two characters who fight each other or disagree is a Person v Society conflict.

A simple story with talking animals that teaches a moral lesson is a:

A story that mainly focuses on scary elements, like ghosts, monsters, killers...

"Revenge only causes more harm" is an example of a

An animal can be a character

The people in the story are the

Nonfiction literature can also be called "informational" literature.

If the characters must fight to survive against extreme weather, disease, or starvation, that is a ___________ conflict.

The moral (lesson) of the story or the big idea it explores is the story's:

"Internal conflict" and "Person v Self" are the same thing.

Which of these genres is FICTION?

"A nuclear desert wasteland, in the distant future" is an example of a:

A simple fantasy story with "good v evil" characters, "once upon a time" and "happily ever after"....

The main elements of this genre are magic or magical creatures (elves, goblins, vampires...)

Which of these genres is NONFICTION? (2 right answers!)