Elements of Fiction

Question 1

Short story

Answer 1

– a brief form of fiction made up of certain literary elements: plot, characters, point of view, setting, and theme.

Question 2

Plot

Answer 2

– the sequence of events in a story

Question 3

Characters

Answer 3

persons, animals or things portrayed as persons

Question 4

Protagonist

Answer 4

– the main character

Question 5

Antagonist

Answer 5

– character or force that opposes main character

Question 6

We learn what a character is like from:

Answer 6

“What the character says, What the character does
What other characters say about him or her
How other characters react to the character
What the author says about the character
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Question 7

Flat character

Answer 7

– little history is given; has only one or two personality traits

Question 8

Round character

Answer 8

– personal history is given; fully developed

Question 9

Dynamic character

Answer 9

– changes during the course of the story

Question 10

Static character

Answer 10

– does not change

Question 11

Direct Characterization

Answer 11

– the author actually states a character’s traits or characteristics

Question 12

Indirect Characterization

Answer 12

– the writer allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.

Question 13

Point of view

Answer 13

– the perspective from which the author tells the plot.

Question 14

Setting

Answer 14

– the time and place in which an event occurs..

Question 15

Theme

Answer 15

– the main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work. It is a general truth about life that the author wants to express. It is NOT a moral.

Question 16

Conflict

Answer 16

– the struggle that takes place between two opposing forces.

Question 17

Flashback

Answer 17

– an interruption of the events of a narrative to relate an action that happened at an earlier time.

Question 18

Foreshadowing

Answer 18

– hint of things to come.

Question 19

Suspense

Answer 19

– that quality in a literary work that makes the reader anticipate or speculate about what is to come next.

Question 20

Mood

Answer 20

– the way that the atmosphere or setting makes the reader feel.

Question 21

Symbol

Answer 21

– an object or idea that represents something else §Conventional symbol §Creative symbol

Question 22

Irony

Answer 22

– a turn of events that is unexpected or a surprise

Question 23

Verbal irony

Answer 23

– means the opposite of what is said

Question 24

Dramatic irony

Answer 24

– reader knows things the characters do not

Question 25

Irony of situation

Answer 25

– an event occurs that is the opposite of what is expected.

Question 26

Exposition

Answer 26

The first part of the plot. beginning of the story where the characters are introduced and the setting of the story is identified. the conflict will be identified

Question 27

Rising action

Answer 27

– second part of the plot. the events that cause the conflict to become greater.

Question 28

Climax

Answer 28

– third part of the plot. event at which it becomes clear how the conflict will be resolved.

Question 29

Falling action

Answer 29

– the fourth part of the plot. The events after the climax.

Question 30

Resolution

Answer 30

– The ending or conclusion of the story.

Question 31

Four main types of conflict

Answer 31

“1.Man vs. man, 2.Man vs. nature
3.Man vs. society
4.Man vs. himself
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Question 32

an internal conflict.

Answer 32

When a character struggles within himself, he has

Question 33

he has an external conflict.

Answer 33

When a character struggles with an outside force,