Literary Elements Fiction Terms

Purpose means...

• A type of sea mammal

• The reason the author wrote the piece.

• The reason the author chose the title.

• A type of writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is character?

• A person or animal who takes part in the action of the story.

• An animal who has the ability to speak.

• The reason for dialogue in a story.

• A person who writes the story.

What is the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work?

• plot

• exposition

• characterization

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is the hero or central character of a literary work?

• the "good guy"

• antagonist

• villain

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is internal conflict?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

What type of character undergoes a change from the beginning of the story to the end?

• dynamic

• protagonist

• static

• antagonist

A character who undergoes no change from the beginning to the end of a story is what type?

• dynamic

• static

• round

• flat

Plot is the word that we use to describe all of the action of the story, but what's the word that we use to describe what the story is really about, the underlying message?

• genre

• theme

• conflict

• fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

The part of the story where the loose ends are tied up and the conflict is resolved is called _____.

• setting
• exposition
• complications
• resolution

The sequence of events in a story is called ____.

• characters
• setting
• plot
• climax