Elements of Fiction Review

Match each word with its definition.

• FICTION

• A work of literature where the characters and

  events are invented by the writer

• EXPOSITION

• The emotional highpoint of the story

• RISING ACTION

• The sequence of events in a story

• CLIMAX

• The beginning of a story that may include

  characters and the setting

• PLOT

• The events that happen while the main character

  tries to solve the conflict

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• FALLING ACTION

• Where and when a story takes place

• SETTING

• The events between the climax and resolution

  where the loose ends get tied up

• RESOLUTION

• The outcome of the story

• CHARACTERS

• People (or animals) that take part in the story’s plot

• DIALOGUE

• The conversation between characters

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• POINT OF VIEW

• Words or phrases that appeal to the readers’ senses

• NARRATOR

• The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in

  a literary work

• MOOD

• The person or voice that tells the story

• IMAGERY

• The type of literature characterized by a particular

  form or style

• GENRE

• The perspective from which the story is told

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• IRONY

• An object, person, place or event that represents

  something else entirely

• THEME

• When earlier events are inserted into the story

• TONE

• The central idea or message about life that the

  author wants to convey to the reader

• SYMBOLISM

• The author’s attitude or feelings about characters,

  situations or topics

• FLASHBACK

• A contrast between what is expected and what

  actually happens

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• PROTAGONIST

• Exists when the reader knows something that a character

  does not know

• FORESHADOW

• Exists when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of

  what one would expect

• VERBAL IRONY

• When authors give clues or hint at events that will

  happen in the future

• DRAMATIC IRONY

• Exists when a person says one thing, but means another

• SITUATIONAL IRONY

• The main character (usually the hero) of the story

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• ANTAGONIST

• The struggle is against an outside force

• EXTERNAL CONFLICT

• The opponent that works against the main character

• INTERNAL CONFLICT

• The struggle in internal conflict is within the character

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• OMNISCIENT

• The narrator is part of the story.

• 3RD PERSON

• The narrator is part of the story.

• LIMITED OMNISCENT

• The narrator is part of the story.

• 2ND PERSON

• The narrator is part of the story.

• 1ST PERSON

• The narrator is part of the story.

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• ROUND CHARACTER

• A character that changes in a dramatic way

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• A character that is presented in a complex way

• STATIC CHARACTER

• A character that remains the same during the story

• FLAT CHARACTER

• A character that is represented with just a single character trait