WorksheetsElements of Fiction Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
A struggle that takes place in a character's mind is ________________.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
2.
A struggle between a character and an outside force is _________________.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
3.
Character vs. self is an example of _________________.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
4.
Character vs. character is an example of __________________.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
5.
The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur is the __________________.
a)
setting
b)
plot
6.
The main idea or message a literary work conveys is the ___________________.
a)
conflict
b)
theme
7.
With _______________ point of view, the narrator is an outsider to the story and refers to the characters by name of the pronouns he and she.
a)
first-person
b)
third-person
8.
With ___________ point of view, the narrator is a character in the story who tells the story using the pronoun I.
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
9.
The people, animals, or beings in a work are the ______________.
a)
conflicts
b)
characters
10.
The sequence of events in a story is the _____________.
a)
plot
b)
theme
11.
The following excerpt is an example of which type of point of view?
"We drove up the driveway and the car ground to a halt. Dad said, 'So here it is. Our new house.' I didn't say anything. I just stared."
"We drove up the driveway and the car ground to a halt. Dad said, 'So here it is. Our new house.' I didn't say anything. I just stared."
a)
first-person
b)
third-person
12.
The following excerpt is an example of which type of point of view?
"When the Saclaloses arrived at the new house, it was late afternoon. They'd been driving for five hours, and they were all hot and sticky."
"When the Saclaloses arrived at the new house, it was late afternoon. They'd been driving for five hours, and they were all hot and sticky."
a)
first-person
b)
third-person
13.
In a fictional passage, when a character pauses to remember something that happened prior to the current action, this is called _______________.
a)
a flashback
b)
foreshadowing
14.
A device in which the writer places clues in a story to prepare the reader for events that are going to happen later is called __________________.
a)
a flashback
b)
foreshadowing
15.
Figures of speech that allows us to say one thing and mean another are called _____________.
a)
irony
b)
idioms
16.
_____________ is the difference between what is expected and what occurs.
a)
irony
b)
idiom
17.
"The performer sang his heart out" is an example of ____________.
a)
irony
b)
an idiom
18.
The Lion King (the viewer knows that Scar killed Mufasa but Simba does not) is an example of which type of irony?
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
19.
Alantis Morsette's song, "Ironic", which lists things that are the opposite of what is expected, is an example of which type of irony?
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
20.
An author uses a ___________, such as an object, a person, or an experience, to represent something else.
a)
symbol
b)
conflict
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