Elements Of Fiction

Question 0

Story told by one of the story’s characters in his/her own words

Answer 0

First person

Question 1

All-knowing narrator who relates one character’s thoughts and feelings

Answer 1

Third person limited omniscient

Question 2

Struggle between two opposing forces or characters

Answer 2

Conflict

Question 3

Persons appearing in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem

Answer 3

Characters

Question 4

Characters complex and have many “sides”

Answer 4

Round

Question 5

Characters remain the same throughout a narrative

Answer 5

Static

Question 6

Characters have only one or two “sides”

Answer 6

Flat

Question 7

All-knowing narrator who can describe all characters thoughts and feelings

Answer 7

3rd person omniscient

Question 8

The time and place of action in a narrative

Answer 8

Setting

Question 9

Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, a belief, or a value

Answer 9

Symbol

Question 10

Objective observer relates only what can be seen or heard

Answer 10

Third person objective

Question 11

Elements of fiction work together to create one mood

Answer 11

Single effect

Question 12

Characters experience change in personality

Answer 12

Dynamic

Question 13

Man vs. Himself

Answer 13

Internal conflict

Question 14

Man vs. Nature

Answer 14

External conflict

Question 15

The vantage point from which a narrative is told

Answer 15

Point of view

Question 16

The main idea of the basic meaning of a literary work

Answer 16

Theme