Fiction - Vocabulary

What is the main problem or struggle in a story?

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• theme

What is theme?

• the time and place in which a story takes place

• the main character in a story

• the central message or idea of a story

• the part of a story where characters are introduced

the sequence of events in a story

• conflict

• theme

• setting

• plot

What is the main character in a story who faces the main conflict?

• protagonist

• antagonist

Which type of conflict is within the person/character?

• external

• internal

What is the character who works against the main character in the conflict (villain)?

• protagonist

• antagonist

person, animal, creature, or thing in a story that performs the actions and/or speaks dialogue

• character

• narrator

• author

• reader

Which literary device includes sensory language that appeals to the five senses?

• setting

• allegory

• imagery

• tone

Which point of view uses the pronouns: he, she, they, it

• first-person

• second-person

• third-person

Which literary device describes media that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning (typically political)?

• irony

• symbolism

• allegory

• imagery