9th Grade Elements of Fiction Quiz

The author or speaker’s feelings toward the characters or subject matter.

• Tone

• Mood

• Point of View

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The feeling the reader gets when reading a particular section of a story.

• Tone

• Mood

• Connotation

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The universal statement about life the author is trying to make.

• Message

• Denotation

• Theme

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

When one thing stands for another.

• Symbolism

• Connotation

• Deeper meaning

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The time and place of the story.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Setting

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The author’s word choice (formal vs. slang, positive vs. negative, etc.)

• Tone

• Vocabulary

• Diction

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

A plot working within a larger plot.

• Theme

• Conflict

• Secondary plot

• Subplot

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

The perspective from which the story is told.

• Point of View

• Narration

• Perspective

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

All of the events that take place in a story.

• Plot

• Drama

• Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

POV in which the narrator knows no one’s thoughts. They can only say what is happening in the story. “movie camera”

• First person

• Third person Omniscient

• Third person Limited

• Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6