Fiction Exam

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

arrangement of events in a story

Question 2

chronological order

Answer 2

begins with what happens first, following the regular time development

Question 3

conflict

Answer 3

the struggle between two forces in a story

Question 4

How are plot and conflict different?

Answer 4

plot revolves around the conflict

Question 5

Plot vs Conflict

Answer 5

Plot describes the structure of a story while conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces

Question 6

Physical conflict

Answer 6

between a character and nature or the physical world

Question 6

social conflict

Answer 6

between characters or between a character and their society

Question 6

internal/psychological conflict

Answer 6

between different attitudes or beliefs in the character mind

Question 7

Characterization

Answer 7

the methods used by the writer to create his/her character

Question 7

round

Answer 7

complex and convincing, true to life characters, described with more detail

Question 8

flat

Answer 8

shallow, normally not many personality traits

Question 9

dynamic

Answer 9

undergo some type of change or development (due to something happening to them)

Question 10

static

Answer 10

do not change in the course of the story

Question 11

omniscient

Answer 11

narrator has the power to show the reader what is happening in the minds of all characters, as well as what they are feeling and thinking

Question 12

limited omniscient

Answer 12

narrator shows the reader inside the mind of one characters

Question 13

objective

Answer 13

the story is told as if from a camera that follows the characters, only what is said and one is recorded

Question 14

flashback

Answer 14

author interrupts the plot to go back in time to tell a story of an earlier time

Question 15

theme

Answer 15

central idea or message of the story

Question 16

style

Answer 16

also referred to as tone or language

Question 17

what was the conflict of “The story of an hour” in the beginning?

Answer 17

Mrs.Mallards husband has died, physical conflict

Question 18

what is the setting in The story of a hour

Answer 18

beginning of spring, 1894, no rights for woman