Elements of a Fictional Story

Question 1

These are the people who or animals that make things happen in fiction

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Characters

Question 2

A character drawn with only surface facts and details

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Flat character

Question 3

A fully developed character as opposed to a flat character

Answer 3

Rounded character

Question 4

presents the time, place, weather, and season. It helps create mood or the general feeling of the story.

Answer 4

Setting

Question 5

What are the 3 elements/aspects of the setting of a story?

Answer 5

Time and place
Sociological, cultural, political, religious
Sensibilities that lead to specific modes

Question 6

is the sequence of interrelated actions or events that make up a story

Answer 6

Plot

Question 7

What are the contents of the plot?

Answer 7

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Question 8

the introduction of the problem/conflict

Answer 8

Exposition

Question 9

What are the 3 types of conflict?

Answer 9

Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Himself

Question 10

struggles of the character against another character, a group, or society’s rules

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Man vs Man

Question 11

struggles of the character against a force of nature

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Man vs Nature

Question 12

struggle of the character with personal feelings, values, or needs

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Man vs Himself

Question 13

the tension or uncertainty developing out of the conflict increases

Answer 13

Rising Action

Question 14

the point of highest emotional intensity

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Climax

Question 15

the action which follows the climax

Answer 15

Falling action

Question 16

the solving of the problem

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Resolution

Question 17

the eyes and mind through which the reader views the unfolding of the events

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Point of View

Question 18

can make the story personal; it can build a strong response to a character, but the reader can only tell what the character sees, hears, knows and believes

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First person POV

Question 19

focuses on one character’s perspective. In fact, the narrator can enter the character’s mind

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second person POV

Question 20

most flexible outside narration. It gives a wider view of the story.

Answer 20

Third person POV

Question 21

is the central idea or meaning of a story

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Theme

Question 22

underlying message of a story. It is a lesson that teaches you how to behave in the world.

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Moral

Question 23

the backbone of the story. It is the basic idea of the story. It is traditionally described as a relationship between two key ideas linked by an active verb.

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Dramatic Premise

Question 24

What are the 3 elements of theme?

Answer 24

Moral, Dramatic Premise, Insight