Elements of Fiction Review

Match the following elements of fiction to their definitions.

• Indirect Characterization

• The perspective from which a story is told. WHO tells the story and HOW.

• Point of View

• Characterization that is subtle and requires readers to infer the character's traits.

• Conflict

• A struggle between the protagonist and opposing forces. It drives the plot and can be internal or external.

• Theme

• The main idea of a story that is usually a perception or truth about life or human nature.

• Direct Characterization

• When the author tells readers about the characters' traits.

Match the elements of fiction to their definitions.

• Characterization

• Hints or clues a writer uses to indicate events that will eventually happen in a story.

• Irony

• A contrast between reasonable expectations and words or events in a story.

• Setting

• When an author uses a concrete image to represent an abstract idea.

• Symbolism

• The physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs.

• Foreshadowing

• The process through which the author reveals traits of the character(s).

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Match the stages of plot structure with their definitions.

• Climax

• Introduces readers to the characters and establishes the setting.

• Resolution

• Builds suspense and is driven by the protagonist's decisions and events that affect the protagonist.

• Exposition

• An "inciting event" that initiates the rising action. It catches the reader's attention.

• Hook

• When the conflict is solved and the story's theme is clear.

• Rising Action

• When the action reaches its peak; the turning point for the protagonist.

Identify the point of view for each description.

Groups:

(a) First-Person

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(b) Third-Person Limited

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(c) Third-Person Omniscient

• Knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.

• Only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character.

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• Uses pronouns like I, me, we, us.

Point of view is the ____ from which a story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Characterization can be ____ and indirect.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The setting of a story includes the physical and ____ context in which the action of a story occurs.

Characterization and ____ often contribute to a story's theme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Man v. Man is an example of ____ conflict.

Man v. himself is an example of ____ conflict.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3