Terms Related to Fiction

Which word describes a character in conflict with himself or herself?

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• struggle

• therapy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction.......

• flash forwarding

• roll back

• foreshadowing

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• perspective

• point of view

• setting

• conflict

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A word that means "category or type of literature" is....

• finesse

• biography

• oui oui

• genre

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The point at which the reader figures out that the story will not turn out as expected is the _______.

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• anticlimax

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

language used by authors that appeals to the senses and creates word pictures for the reader

• figurative language

• allusions

• imagery

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a character that stays essentially the same throughout a story

• static character

• dynamic character

• round character

• flat character

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

a struggle between opposing forces

• antagonist

• conflict

• theme

• suspense

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Direct characterization

• when a writer implies things about a character

• when other characters imply things about the protagonist

• when the writer directly states a character's traits

• when the reader must figure out the character traits through thoughts of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work is.....

• anticipation

• suspense

• flashback

• irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3