Fiction Elements Review

Elements of Fiction Review

Multiple Choice

What is fiction?

• Literature that contains facts and information that can be used for research.

• Literature that includes things like news papers.

• The description of things in a way that it appeals to out five senses.

• Any work of literature that is categorized as imagined stories.

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What are short stories?

• Brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.

• Very long fictional narrative involving many characters.

• A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical,

• A piece of literature that was extracted by another.

Multiple Choice

What is a novel?

• It is a long prose narrative involving many characters and settings.

• Brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.

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What is the setting of the story?

• It is where the main character lives.

• It is the home town of the character.

• It is the place at which the story takes place.

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What is a character?

• The main idea of the story.

• A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story. Writers use characters to perform the actions and speak dialogue, moving the story along a plot line.

• The technique the writer uses in order to make the story more interesting.

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Who is the protagonist of the story?

• This character, or group of characters, causes the conflict for the protagonist.

• The main character, around which the whole story revolves.

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Who is the antagonist in a story?

• This character, or group of characters, causes the conflict for the protagonist.

• The main character, around which the whole story revolves.

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What is characterization?

• A person or animal that takes part in the story.

• The process at which the characters are described.

• The main idea of the stories read.

Multiple Choice

Why do we need to use the Plot structure?

• To organize the parts of the story and analyze the content easily.

• To create more work for the reader.

• To make the story more attractive.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a part of the Plot structure?

• Introduction

• Rising action

• Themes

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

What is the introduction of the story?

• the primary problem that drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome.

• Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development.

• The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.

• This includes the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.

Multiple Choice

What is the conflict of the story ?

• The primary problem that drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome.

• All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.

• The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.

• Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development.

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Multiple Choice

The __________________ is the most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Introduction

Multiple Choice

The _______________ is everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Conclusion

• Introduction

Multiple Choice

The _______________is not always happy, but it does complete the story. It can leave a reader with questions, answers, frustration, or satisfaction.

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Climax

• Falling Action