Elements Of A Fiction Book

Question 0

What means the atmosphere or feeling of a literary work. The setting can contribute to establishing the mood of a story?

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Mood

Question 1

What means the time and place in which a story takes place?

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Setting

Question 2

What means the individuals whose thoughts and actions make up a story. The actions of the character make up the events of the story?

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Character

Question 3

What means the central, focal figure in a work of fiction?

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Protagonist

Question 4

What means a character or force that works against the protagonist, creating obstacles. A story can have more than one antagonist?

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Antagonist

Question 5

What means the characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities and flaws. Most protagonist are round characters?

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Round characters

Question 6

What means characters that undergo change over the course of a story as a result of there experience. Most protagonist are dynamic?

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Dynamic character

Question 7

What means characters that do not undergo any changes from the story’s interception to its conclusion?

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Static character

Question 8

What means characters that as stereotypical and one dimensional. They are simple with limited personality traits?

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Flat characters

Question 9

What means the methods used by an author to develop a character?

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Characterization

Question 10

What means the arrangement, or sequence of events within a story?

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Plot

Question 11

What means an obstacle, struggle, or controversy that the protagonist must resolve to overcome?

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Conflict

Question 12

What means a conflict in which the protagonist has a problem with another character?

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Character vs. character

Question 13

What means a conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster?

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Character vs. nature

Question 14

What means a conflict in which the protagonist faces a problem with a part of the whole society?

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Character vs. society

Question 15

What means a conflict in which the protagonist is at odds with an internal problem such as fear or shyness or guilt?

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Character vs. self

Question 16

What means a conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters control?

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Character vs. fate

Question 17

What means a second story within the main plot of the story?

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Subplot

Question 18

What means when characters are introduced and background info is provided to better understand the story?

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Exposition

Question 19

What means the use of clues early in the story to give hints about events that will happen later?

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Foreshadowing

Question 20

What means a series of events and conflict involving the story’s characters that leads to the climax?

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Rising action

Question 21

What means the turning point of a story. It is when the conflict is most intense?

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Climax

Question 22

What means the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution?

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Falling action

Question 23

What means the conclusion of the story?

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Resolution

Question 24

What means an unexpected twist in the resolution of a story. The story concludes in a way that is opposite from what the reader may expect?

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Situational irony

Question 25

What jeans the idea or ideas that weave the characters, setting and events together?

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Theme