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Fiction Definitions/Magi vocabulary

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where and when a story takes place.

a)

climax

b)

setting

c)

characters

2.

All of the information the reader need to know

before the story begins. Who are the characters?

What is the problem? What is the setting?

a)

characters

b)

plot

c)

exposition

3.

All of the events in the story leading up to the

climax. The tension in the story is building.

a)

falling action

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

4.

The turning point in the story. The tension is

at its highest point in the story.

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

falling action

5.

All of the events after the climax. The tension

of the story comes down.

a)

conflict

b)

falling action

c)

rising action

6.

How is the problem/conflict in the story

solved?

a)

resolution

b)

exposition

c)

conflict

7.

The problem in the story.

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

exposition

8.

People or animals that are in the story.

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

resolution

9.

What is number 1 on the plot diagram?

a)

resolution

b)

falling action

c)

exposition

10.

What is number 2 on the plot diagram?

a)

conflict

b)

falling action

c)

climax

11.

What is number 3 on the plot diagram?

a)

conflict

b)

falling action

c)

rising action

12.

What is number 4 on the plot diagram?

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

resolution

13.

What is number 5 on the plot diagram?

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

14.

What is number 6 on the plot diagram?

a)

exposition

b)

resolution

c)

falling action

15.

What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Conflict

16.

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

a)

Setting

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Rising action

17.
The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is conflict?
a)
a struggle between two forces
b)
The time and location in which a story takes place 
c)
how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea
d)
The person in a work of fiction
19.
A character struggling to make a choice is which type of conflict?
a)
internal
b)
external
20.
What is the lesson, message, or moral of a story?
a)
exposition
b)
theme
c)
plot
d)
rising action
21.

Fiction is a made up story.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
A type of narrative perspective in where the  author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."
a)
second-person point of view
b)
third-person omniscient point of view
c)
first-person point of view
d)
third-person objective point of view
23.
Identify the point of view:
Cathy leaned into her computer screen with big eyes. She couldn't believe it- she had finally gotten a 100 on her math test! She knew her parents would be proud of her.
a)
first-person
b)
third-person limited
c)
third-person omniscient
d)
third-person objective
24.
How can you know that something is written in first-person point of view?
a)
pronouns like I, my and him are used
b)
the author is addressing the reader
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
25.
John's neighbor is angry because John plays loud music every day. John is frustrated at his neighbor because his neighbor complains too much. They talked about it and came to a compromise--John will still play his loud music every day, but will only play for 1 hour instead of 2.
a)
third-person omniscient
b)
third-person limited
c)
third-person objective
d)
first-person
26.

What is a Magi?

a)

The 3 wise men in the Bible

b)

A shop owner

c)

Someone who writes books

d)

A person who sells hair

27.

Very worn, not really taken care of

a)

ponder

b)

elegant

c)

vanished

d)

shabby

28.

Despondent means

a)

happy

b)

sad

c)

angry

29.

rapid means

a)

fast

b)

slow

c)

funnt

30.

to covet means

a)

sleep

b)

eat

c)

want something very bad

31.
What is situational irony?
a)
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant
b)
When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
c)
When the audience knows something the character doesn't
32.

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

a)

verbal

b)

situational

c)

dramatic

d)

not ironic

33.

A pilot with a fear of heights

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

not ironic

34.

In horror movies, the audience is aware that there is a killer in the house, but the character does not and they proceed to enter

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

not irony

35.

How does this photo show dramatic irony?

a)

We know the girl is about to be eaten by a shark

b)

The shark doesn't know it's about to run into a swimmer

c)

All of These

d)

The girl is afraid of sharks