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Fiction Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the time and place of a story. This may shift multiple times depending upon the story's length?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Conflict

c)

Narrator

d)

Setting

2.

The beautiful, orange glaze sunset surrounded the lush landscape. This is an example of

a)

Character development

b)

Imagery

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

None of the above

3.

The tennis player was eager to win against the other player. This is an example of

a)

human vs. human

b)

human vs. nature

c)

human vs. society

d)

human vs. self

4.

War may be patriotic, but it is also painful. This is an example of

a)

Dialogue

b)

Both 2 and 4

c)

Plot

d)

Theme

5.

The protagonist always is the hero of the story.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

May sometimes not be true

d)

Always wins

6.

"She heard her father's voice, 'The Princess's castle is ready, now, for her Prince! Come and look, Anna! What do you think?' She saw herself beaming with pride, and she heard her mother's laugh." -The Sand Castle

a)

This demonstrates the theme of the story.

b)

Mrs. Pavloff's flashback helps her remember the good days.

c)

The granddaughter's remembering her experiences.

d)

Both 1 and 3.

7.

This perspective uses "I" and "me" when narrating.

a)

Third person

b)

Third person omniscient

c)

First person

d)

Third person

8.

Name the Plot Components in correct order in which they happen

a)

Rising Action, Exposition, Climax, Resolution, Falling Action

b)

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

c)

Resolution, Exposition, Falling Acting, Rising Action, Climax

d)

None of the above

9.

This coffee shop is an ice box!

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

10.

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

11.

Her head was spinning from all the new information.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Imagery

d)

Simile

12.

Rising Action shows how the story builds up to the climax

a)

False

b)

True

13.

The "aha" or turning point of the story

a)

Falling Action

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

14.

The villain or bad guy

a)

The protagonist

b)

The antagonist

15.

From the "Sand Castle," what characters watch the ocean "listlessly"?

a)

The grandmother

b)

The mother

c)

The children

d)

The dogs