Fiction Vocabulary Quiz Review

 The vantage point, or perspective, in which the story is told

• Protagonist

• Short story

• Setting

• Point of view

A struggle or problem between two forces in a literary work

• Conflict

   

• Novel

• Fiction

• Antagonist

 A long work of fiction that often has involved plots, many characters, and numerous settings

• Fiction 

• Novel

• Setting

• Short story

The character in conflict with the main character in a literary work

• Antagonist

• Conflict

• Short story

• Theme

The central message or lesson about life that is revealed through a literary work

• Protagonist

• Theme

• Setting

• Short story

The time and place in which the events of a literary work takes place

• Novel

• Plot

• Point of view

• Setting

The character playing the central role in a literary work

• Fiction 

• Plot

• Point of view

• Protagonist

Any work of prose that tells an invented or imaginary story

• Fiction 

• Novel

• Plot

• Conflict

A brief work of fiction that usually presents a single plot, one or two main characters, and one important setting

• Setting

• Protagonist

• Short story

• Theme

The series of events related to a central conflict, or struggle, in a literary work

• Antagonist

• Conflict

• Novel

• Plot