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Fiction Literary Terms

Authored by Nanette Renegar

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Fiction Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device involves a scene that interrupts the present action to depict an event that happened at an earlier time?

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Exposition

Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes the process by which a character undergoes significant change throughout a story?

Theme

Character Development

Climax

Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the underlying message or main idea that a story conveys?

Setting

Theme

Conflict

Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which part of a story is characterized by the events that lead up to the climax?

Exposition

Rising Action

Falling Action

Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the character or force that opposes the protagonist in a story?

Protagonist

Antagonist

Setting

Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the time and place where the story occurs?

Theme

Setting

Tone

Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the spoken exchanges between characters in a story?

Dialogue

Exposition

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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