Terms Related to Fiction

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

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• struggle

• therapy

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

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

• perspective

• point of view

• setting

• conflict

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

• finesse

• biography

• oui oui

• genre

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

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• anticlimax

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

• figurative language

• allusions

• imagery

• foreshadowing

a character that stays essentially the same throughout a story

• static character

• dynamic character

• round character

• flat character

a struggle between opposing forces

• antagonist

• conflict

• theme

• suspense

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

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

• anticipation

• suspense

• flashback

• irony