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Elements of Fiction
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A language arts formative assessment designed to practice words included in fiction texts.
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The study of characters' traits such as looks, behavior, and feelings is called?
dynamic character
protagonist
third person
characterization
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A linear plot is organized.......
in chapters and episodes
mostly chronologically: 1, 2, 3, 4,......
Characters communicate through letters.
back and for: moves back and forward
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The main character experiences a conflict that involves a no-human force.
person vs. person
person vs. self
person vs. society
person vs. nature
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What is introduction/exposition in a piece of fiction plot?
step that provides info. on setting, characters, & conflict
part of the story where the conflict is resolved
step that explores the consequences of the climax
the central problem
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What traits are important to write about when you describe a character?
dynamic vs. static
round vs. flat
looks, what the character does, the character's feelings
protagonist & antagonist
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This kind of irony happens when the readers are aware of a situation the characters don't know.
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Flashback
First Person Narrator
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This is a character that changes through a story as a result of experiences and mistakes.
dynamic character
static character
round character
flat character
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The name of a story; it is mostly capitalized and i
talicized.
theme
title
setting
writer
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Plot's step where the conflict might be resolved. The reader feels a sense of completion.
falling action
introduction/exposition
rising action
resolution/conclusion
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What is irony? Choose more than one option.
mood
An old man turned 98.He won the lottery & died the next day.
Irony is related to the unfairness of a situation
contrast between what's expected and what really happens
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When a person says, " This story is about.........., he refers to what definition?
tone
plot
conflict
theme
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What are the elements of plot?
flashback & foreshadowing
mood and tone
person vs. person, person vs. nature, & person vs. society
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,conclusion
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A character predicts what is to come later in the plot.
foreshadowing
flashback
episodic
epistolary
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a narrator who can read the other characters' minds, feelings & thoughts is called....
third person
third person omniscient
none of the above
first person
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What is a third person ommniscient narrator?
He's a character in the story.
None of the above
He can read the mind of the other characters.
He describes what the characters are doing.
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What does happen in the climax of a story?
To solve the conflict, this character makes a decision.
The main character presents the conflict.
none of the above
The main character ignores the conflict.
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Romeo & Juliet weren't allowed to get married without their parents' permission.
person vs. society
person vs. person
person vs. nature
person vs. self
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This part of the plot shows the consequences of the main character's decisions in the climax.
rising action
introduction/exposition
resolution/conclusion
falling action
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What does a first person narrator do?
He's defined by one characteristic.
character who tells what's happening within the story
He is the turning point in the story.
None of the above
20
The main character experiences a problem with another character. What kind of conflict is this?
person vs. self
person vs. person
person vs. nature
person vs. society
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Novels, poems, short stories, plays, and myths are examples of what kind of literature?
central problem
fiction
non-fiction
drama
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The author/writer writes in order to inform, persuade, or entertain his/her readers.
author's purpose
author's point of view
narrator
none of the above
23
Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Odyssey, and the Twilight
series have plots organized in ..
same characters in episodes and chapters in different books
none of the above
flashbacks
letters-epistolary
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What elements does the writer's style involve?
word choice, figurative language, dialogues
fable, novel, novella
humorous, sarcastic, gloomy, serious
protagonist, antagonist, secondary
25
Provide a synonym for point of view.
character
antagonist
narrator
protagonist
26
Why is conflict important in a story? Choose more than one option.
It sets the plot in motion and leads to the climax.
It is the theme of a story.
without conflict, the story has no action.
It sets the problem the characters try to solve.
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What is tone?
emotions the reader feels through what he/she is reading
none of the above
feelings the writer & the reader feel through the reading
feelings the writer expresses through his/her writing
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Name two plot's interruptions.
none of the above
flashback & foreshadowing
rising action & falling action
first person & third person
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This is an interesting character with many aspects to his personality.
static character
flat character
dynamic character
round character
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What is plot?
what the story is about
the point of view of a piece of fiction
sequence of events that takes place in a story
It is a synonym to climax.
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The emotions you get from a reading are defined as......
narrator
tone
mood
writer's style
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What is a plot's flashback?
A character makes a decision.
A character narrates a story.
A character writes a letter.
A character thinks about past events.
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What does setting mean in fiction?
time and place
person vs. person
theme
climax
