STAAR Review - Literary Terms - Fiction

What is fiction?

• the problem of a story

• the events in a story

• tells a made up story

• tells a true story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a protagonist?

• the main character in the story

• the character(s) in conflict with another character

• a character in a story that we do not know much about

• a character in a story that we know a lot about

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an antagonist?

• the main character in a story

• a character in a story we know a lot about

• a character in a story we know much about

• the character (s) in conflict with another character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a round character?

• a character in a story that we do not know much about.

• a character in a story that we know a lot about

• the character(s) in conflict with another character

• the main character in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a flat character?

• a character in a story that we do not know much about

• a character in a story that we know a lot about

• the main character in a story

• the character(s) in conflict with another character in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is character motivation?

• events that increase tension about the character

• the attitude, or feeling, that the author has about the subject

• reasons why the characters act the way they do

• the introduction of the characters, setting, and basic situation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the setting of a story?

• the events in a story

• where and when the story takes place(time day, time of year, what year, weather, physical location, etc.)

• the problem in a story

• the introduction of the characters, setting, and basic situation

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the conflict in a story?

• the events in a story

• the problem of a story

• the final outcome of the story

• point of greatest tension in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is external conflict?

• a character is struggling within himself or herself. The struggle is based on desires, beliefs, feelings, or needs.

• the person telling the story is a character inside the story

• the person telling the story is a character outside the story

• a character is struggling against an outside force, such as another character, nature, or society.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an internal conflict?

• events in a story

• A character is struggling within himself or herself. The struggle is based on desires, beliefs, feelings, or needs.

• A character is struggling against an outside force, such as another character, nature, or society.

• events that increase the tension about the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3