FICTION

Question 1

What is a plot

Answer 1

Series of related events

Question 2

What is a a subplot?

Answer 2

A minor plot that relates in some way to the story.

Question 3

What is inciting

Answer 3

A event in the story that causes the conflict.

Question 4

Conflict/problem

Answer 4

A struggle between 2 opposing force ( external and internal.

Question 5

What is external conflict?

Answer 5

External conflict occurs between a character and another character, society, or a force of nature .

Question 6

What is internal conflict?

Answer 6

Internal conflict occurs within one character.

Question 7

Resolution/outcome

Answer 7

Conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.

Question 8

What is climax?

Answer 8

Point in the story that creates the suspense or interst

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

Introduction of a story or book when the characters and setting are first described.

Question 10

Theme/central idea

Answer 10

An insight or idea about life.

Question 11

Protagonist

Answer 11

Main character in a piece of literature.

Question 12

Antagonist

Answer 12

Another character oposing the protagonist.

Question 13

Mood

Answer 13

Overall feeling of a work of literature.

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject of characters.

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

Use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story.

Question 16

Symobolism

Answer 16

Person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself.

Question 17

Point of view ( First person )

Answer 17

Is from the perspective of a character told using pronouns like I, me, my, we, us, or our.

Question 18

Point of view ( second person )

Answer 18

The narrator uses you to describe the readers thoughts, actions, and background or may speak directly to the audience using you, you’re, and your.

Question 19

Point of view ( third person )

Answer 19

Third person is narrated by an external narrator he, she, him, her, they.

Question 20

Third person omnisecient

Answer 20

The narrator is all knowing and has acess to the thoughts feeling, and actions of all the characters.

Question 21

Third person limited

Answer 21

The narrator only has acess to the thoughts and emotions of one character, usally following that character through the story and describing events that they experience.