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Major characters...
want to be the best.
play less important roles in the story.
are always "good" characters.
play the most important roles in the story.
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Fiction that includes genres like horror, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction
literary fiction
a library
way too many words
popular fiction
3
A series of events related to a central conflict.
plot
setting
every movie trailer ever
theme
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This is the most important character in the story.
antagonist
first-person
protagonist
Peeves
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What is a character in a story?
Inspector Gadget
An imaginary person or animal who takes part in the action
Act of creating or describing a character
What we like to call people on TV
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Mood is...
How most teenagers feel.
The feeling and emotion created by a literary work and char.
What teachers think you have when you don't do your work.
Hopefully, a positive one.
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Flat characters are...
one dimensional, displaying only one quality or trait.
Can fit between the pages of a book
Always named Stanley
three dimensional, complex human being like.
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The central idea or lesson about life that is revealed in the story.
personification
theme
plot diagram
mood
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Minor characters play...
the most important roles in the story.
by themselves because they are lonely.
lead characters in the book.
less important roles in the story.
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Which one of these are not a point of view?
third-person limited
first-person
third-person
fish-eye
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Individuals who take part in the action of a story are called...
characters.
Nemo and Dory.
copilots.
unwilling students who have to do homework.
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Round characters are...
three dimensional and have all the complexities of a human
Roll around on the ground like a ball.
Can't ever fit into a square.
one-dimensional, displaying only one quality or trait.
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Novels are...
often made in to award-winning movies...100% of the time!
best read outside under a tree.
brief with a single plot, setting and not many characters.
long works of fiction with several plots, & many characters
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Static characters...
Just want to make the TV work.
do not change over the course of a story.
Can't believe that they cause electricity.
do change over the course of a story.
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Which is not a way an author develops character?
show what other characters say about them
Describing physical features, dress, and personality
showing what they say, do or think
Putting their names in a hat and hoping for the best
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Antagonists are...
always evil.
willing to go the extra mile.
opposed to the most important characters.
really, really ambitious.
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The point-of-view tells you...
why things are happening.
who is telling the story.
where the story takes place.
what is going on.
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What is the definition of a short story?
Story w/ one plot and 1/2 main characters and one setting
Long fiction with multiple plots, characters, and settings
Long, boring and useless.
Has to begin with "Once upon a time..."
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Which is not a way that an author reveals the setting of the story?
furniture and clothing
seasons and weather
images and descriptions
always having a chapter called 'setting'
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Harry Potter is would be considered this type of character...
Flat and static
Round and dynamic
Round and static
Flat and dynamic
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What is characterization?
The act of creating or describing a character.
What happens to characters after they get into a magic fight
How authors make all their money
Showing what characters say, do or think.
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Geographic location, specific sites, time period, cultural, social, & economic conditions are..
places at Disney World.
elements of setting.
different characters.
part of the circle of life.
23
If Harry Potter was set from Voldemort's POV, then Voldemort would be the...
antagonist
totes adorbs.
protagonist
a wonderful person, obvs.
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Literary fiction is...
belongs in a museum.
really modern and popular.
classic and has stood the test of time.
isn't ever read.
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Dynamic characters...
move around a lot.
Don't have a lot going for them.
Are always the center of attention.
Change as a result of the stories events.
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How do mood and setting influence one another?
You don't need a setting to tell a story.
What's mood?
Mood sets the tone for where the story takes place.
Neither matter. Everything is made up.
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Time, place and environment of the story is called the...
plot.
action sequence.
setting.
character dilemma.
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Where is Ms. Krohn originally from?
New York
England
Maryland
New Jersey
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What is setting in a story?
Time and place in which a story occurs.
The character's mind
Always takes place in the past.
Hogwarts
30
What is motivation for a story character?
"I want the cookie. Give me the cookie!" said Beau.
A daily talk that they get from their their mothers
Why it is hard to get out of bed when it's cold out.
Force that makes a char. think/feel/behave in a certain way
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What country has the northernmost capital?
Russia
Iceland
Canada
Greenland
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What is the collective noun for penguins?
pack
waddle
flock
herd
