Terms for Fiction

The feeling the reader gets while reading a story is the ... .

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The attitude or feeling a speaker expresses towards the subject or the audience is the ... .

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The time, place, and historical context is the story's ... .

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order? 

• exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution 

• exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution 

• rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The lesson or argument the story makes about life is called the ... .

• Theme

• Narrator

• Tone

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

There are three primary purposes for writing: to inform, to persuade, and to ... .

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which is the definition of a summary?

• a brief retelling of all of the details

• a brief retelling of the key details/events

• One sentence about text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are the components included in STEAL, the acronym for indirect characterization? List One.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Direct or Indirect Characterization:

She was a very intelligent girl.

• Indirect

• Direct

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Direct or Indirect Characterization:

"Oh my gosh, I'm shaking over what happened on Friday!"

• Indirect

• Direct

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3