Elements of Fiction Pre-Review

The elements of fiction are...

• Point of view

  Spelling

  Grammar

  Setting

  Conflict

• Character

  Plot

  Theme

  Setting

  Conflict

  Point of view

• Earth

  Wind

  Fire

  Water

• Plot

  Character

  Theme

  Sentence Structure

  Conflict

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Characters in a story are...

• Everything in a story

• The background people in a story

• the people (animals, things, etc. presented as people) presented in a literary work.

• All the animals in a story

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What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?

• A protagonist is a pro, and an antagonist is not a pro

• A protagonist and an antagonist are actually the same thing. Trick question.

• A protagonist is the main character and usually the person we root for, whereas the antagonist is the person who stands in opposition to the protagonist.

• The protagonist is a pro wrestler for WWE. 'nuff said.

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Theme is...

• What the story is about

• The meaning of the work as a whole; the underlying message

• What the author didn't want us to know

• What we feel it is

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Plot is...

• A diagram

• The events in a story

• Where a story takes place

• The socio-economic status of our character

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How do we do characterization?

• A talking dog

• What is a character?

• By learning all of the character's names

• By analyzing a character's thoughts, feelings, and actions.

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What are the characters in a story?

• the people (animals, things, etc. presented as people) presented in a literary work

• Every living thing in a story

• ONLY the protagonist

• ONLY the antagonist

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What is a protagonist?

• Anything that talks

• The background characters

• the main character, ex. Harry Potter (The one we root for!)

• The one we dislike

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What is an antagonist?

• the character who stands in opposition to the protagonist, ex. Severus Snape (sometimes evil)

• Anything that talks

• Always the main character

• The one we like

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True or false: Theme is usually IMPLIED (not directly stated)

• True

• False

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