Elements of Fiction Quiz

Which point of view uses the pronouns "I," "me," or "we"?

• Second person

• Third person

• First person

• Omniscient

"You turn the key, open the door, and step inside the dark room." This sentence is in which point of view?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

"He walked through the door, unaware that she was hiding behind it." This is an example of:

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Flashback

A writer interrupts the present story to show the moment when the main character lost his parents as a child. What is this technique called?

• Flash-forward

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Cliffhanger

In a mystery story, the author focuses suspicion on a character who appears guilty, but later it turns out he is innocent. What literary device is this?

• Cliffhanger

• Red herring

• Plot twist

• Deus ex machina

A character sees a future where their actions lead to disaster, and that vision motivates them to change. What is this an example of?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Flash-forward

• Cliffhanger

In a story, the characters are trapped with no escape-until a flying robot suddenly appears and rescues them. What technique does the author use here?

• Deus ex machina

• Plot twist

• Flash-forward

• Red herring

A novel ends just before the main character opens a mysterious letter that could change everything. Which narrative strategy is used?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Cliffhanger

• Red herring

Throughout the story, Rachel believes her new neighbor is a quiet and lonely man who keeps to himself. She often brings him meals and even shares personal stories with him. But in the final chapter, she discovers old news articles hidden in his drawer that reveal he was once convicted for crimes that mirror the recent incidents in the town-incidents she had never suspected him of being involved in. What literary device does the author use at the end?

• Cliffhanger

• Red herring

• Plot twist

• Flash-forward

Lena walked into her childhood home for the first time in years. As she stepped into the living room, memories came flooding back-her mother reading by the fireplace, her father's laughter echoing from the kitchen. She could almost hear it all again. Which literary device is being used?

• Flash-forward

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Red herring