Selection Test: A brave little Toaster

• includes the basic elements of fiction—setting, characters, plot, conflict, and theme

• combines real scientific facts and theories with imaginative elements

• may comment on the present world by imagining a possible future

• may convey a message about the effects or consequences of technology

• plot

• conflict

• Science Fiction

• is a series of events that occur in stages of development.

• plot

• conflict

• Science Fiction

• a problem faced by the main character.

• plot

• conflict

• Science Fiction

introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

• exposition

• Rising action

• climax

• Falling action

• resolution

in which the main character or characters try to solve the problem even while complications may be introduced

• exposition

• Rising action

• climax

• Falling action

• resolution

or point of greatest tension, when the conflict eases

• exposition

• Rising action

• climax

• Falling action

• resolution

in which the effects of the climax become clear

• exposition

• Rising action

• climax

• Falling action

• resolution

or final outcome

• exposition

• Rising action

• climax

• Falling action

• resolution

is to annoy or bother someone.

• • chafe

• • retract

• • ample

• • reintegrate

is to pull in.

• • chafe

• • retract

• • ample

• • reintegrate