Lit Element Study Guide

What is the setting in a piece of fiction?

• The setting is the time, place, and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs.

• The setting is the main character's personality traits.

• The setting is the sequence of events in the story.

• The setting is the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist.

The setting creates conditions that affect EVERYTHING about the characters in a story. What is one way culture can impact characters?

• It can influence their behavior, personality, family, or goals.

• It determines the story's genre.

• It decides the length of the story.

• It controls the weather in the story.

The setting creates conditions that affect EVERYTHING about the characters in a story. Social impacts include how social expectations affect our lives. What is one way social expectations can influence characters in a story?

• They shape characters' behaviors and decisions.

• They determine the story's physical location.

• They decide the story's time period.

• They control the weather in the story.

The setting creates conditions that affect EVERYTHING about the characters in a story. Economic impacts can influence characters in which of the following ways?

• By affecting their experiences based on financial background

• By determining the story's genre

• By deciding the story's time period

• By choosing the main character's name

Your life would be different if you were born in another country or another time period because:

• You would experience different cultures, laws, and ways of life.

• Everything would be exactly the same.

• You would have the same friends and family.

• You would always speak the same language.

What does 'point of view' refer to in a story?

• A) The time period in which the story takes place

• B) The relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story

• C) The main conflict in the story

• D) The setting of the story

In first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the story, referred to as _____?

• 'I'

• 'he'

• 'they'

• 'you'

In third-person limited point of view, the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one character, referring to that character as ____ or ____.

• 'he' or 'she'

• 'I' or 'me'

• 'you' or 'your'

• 'they' or 'them'

Which point of view is described as the narrator knowing everything about the story’s events and revealing the thoughts of all the characters?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Second-person point of view

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.

• character

• setting

• plot

• theme