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Elements of Science Fiction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are the elements of a Science Fiction story?

a)

Character & Setting

b)

Conflict & Plot

c)

Symbolism & Figurative Language

d)

Theme & Point of View

e)

Time Travel & Technology

2.

A character who stands in opposition to advancing the primary goals of the plot of a story.

(a)  

3.

In the book Seventh Grade Vs. The Galaxy, they serve as the main/lead characters.


*check all that applies

a)

Jack

b)

Principal Lochner

c)

Ari

d)

Becka

e)

Ms. Needle

4.

They are the most common protagonist in a story.


*check all that applies

a)

Thanos

b)

Harry Potter

c)

Maleficent

d)

Captain America

e)

Joker

5.

Setting refers only to the place or area where the story takes place.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

What component of a setting can we find in the passage below?


"And after all the weather was ideal. Windless, warm, the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold, as it is sometimes in early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn, mowing the lawns and sweeping them, until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants had been seemed to shine."

a)

Place

b)

Time

c)

Environment & Atmosphere

d)

Geographic Region

7.

In writing a fiction story, the setting should always be in the present.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Where is the setting of the book Seventh Grade Vs. the Galaxy?

(a)  

9.

In the Disney movie, Moana, the main character has to overcome her own personal lack of confidence and trust in order to rectify her own past mistakes and have a change of heart.


What type of conflict is this?

a)

Man vs. Self

b)

Man vs. Man

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Nature

10.

In the novel, Maze Runner, at the beginning of the story, the Gladers are very much divided by their capabilities in a kind of class system. This defines them and affects how they are treated. Boys that cannot do much are relegated to the lower class, ignored, and alienated.


What type of conflict is this?

a)

Man vs. Technology

b)

Man vs. Man

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Nature

11.

The movie San Andreas shows a seemingly ideal day turned disastrous when California's notorious fault triggers a devastating magnitude 9 earthquake. As the earthquake continues, roads crack and buildings start to crumble affecting the entire city.


What type of conflict is this?

a)

Man vs. Technology

b)

Man vs. Man

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Nature

12.

A (a)   is the sequence of events that make up a story, it is how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in time.

13.

The (a)   is the peak of the story where major events occur. The main character faces a major enemy, fear, and challenge.

14.

Also known as the denouement, this part is like a concluding paragraph in which the main characters resolve any remaining issues in the story.

(a)  

15.

The theme is what the author wants us to learn from the story. What are those?


*Check all that applies

a)

Moral lesson of the story

b)

Cause and effect of the story

c)

Message of the story

d)

Plot twist of the story

16.

The book The Boy who Cried Wolf is about a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his town's flock. When a wolf actually does appear and the boy again calls for help, no one believed him, the villagers thought it is just another false alarm and the sheep are eaten by the wolf.


What can be the theme/s of the story?

a)

Money can't buy happiness

b)

Hard work pays off

c)

Honesty earns credibility

d)

Honest people are trustworthy

17.

(a)   is the angle from which the story is told. It also refers to who is telling or narrating a story.

18.

A type of POV in which the narrator knows and sees everything, and can move from one character's mind to another.

a)

First Person POV

b)

Third Person Observant

c)

Third Person Omniscient

19.

Identify the POV in the passage.


When I read about things like these I wonder, Is she there? I wonder what she calls herself now. I wonder if she’s lost her freckles. I wonder if I’ll ever get another chance. I know that I am being watched. Last month, one day before my birthday, I received a gift-wrapped package in the mail. It was a porcupine necktie.

a)

First Person POV

b)

Third Person Observant

c)

Third Person Omniscient

20.

Complete the sentence:


Learning the elements of writing a Science Fiction story is important because ___________________________

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