Plot Elements and Fiction/Non-Fiction Genres

Question 1

The high point of action in a story

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Climax

Question 2

A kind of conflict that happens between characters or outside forces

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External Conflict

Question 3

A problem or struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

Question 4

A kind of fiction with imaginary elements that could not actually happen

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Fantasy

Question 5

What two things are often revealed in the exposition part of the plot

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Setting and Characters

Question 6

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

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Resolution

Question 7

A genre is...

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A category of writing

Question 8

A genre that describes made up characters and events

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Fiction

Question 9

A kind of non-fiction writing about a person's life written by that person

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Autobiography

Question 10

Expository writing includes all of the following EXCEPT

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Drama

Question 11

An author's purpose for writing an essay

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To persuade

Question 12

A kind of conflict that takes place within a character's mind

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Internal Conflict

Question 13

The Introduction of the characters and the basic situation

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Exposition

Question 14

The portion of the story where the conflict decreases after the climax

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Falling Action

Question 15

A non-fiction genre written about a person's life by someone else

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Biography

Question 16

What two things increase during rising action

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Complications and Conflict

Question 17

A kind of fiction that could really happen

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Realistic

Question 18

The series of action that take place in a work of fiction

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Plot

Question 19

The way the author brings a character to life

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Characterization

Question 20

The time and place in which a story occurs

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Setting

Question 21

The author's purpose in fiction

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to entertain

Question 22

The portion of a story where the conflicts amd complications increase

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Rising Action

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