Fiction Terms Exam

Question 1

Protagonist

Answer 1

Main character in a work of fiction whose flaws we understand

Question 2

Patriarchal

Answer 2

Male based, men have more power

Question 3

Matriarchal

Answer 3

Female centered, women have more power

Question 4

Narrative

Answer 4

Story

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

A central idea of thread in a work or prose
Theme ≠ Subject Matter

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

Authors attitude towards the subject matter

Question 7

Novel

Answer 7

Book length work of fiction

Question 8

Fiction

Answer 8

A story that’s made up
Latin: Ficto - a shaping

Question 9

First person

Answer 9

Uses I (Jane)

Question 10

Second person

Answer 10

Uses you

Question 11

Third person

Answer 11

Uses he or she (Akiko)

Question 12

Hybrid Novel

Answer 12

Incorporates other media and styles including photography, maps, collage, poetry, and documents.

Question 13

Epigraph

Answer 13

Quotation at the beginning of the literary work

Question 14

Caesura

Answer 14

A gap or white space that indicates unknowing

Question 15

Realistic Fiction

Answer 15

Is set in a world we could visit with characters that are human and recognizable

Question 16

Exposition

Answer 16

Background information in a story or novel

Question 17

Climax

Answer 17

Point of greatest tension in a work of fiction

Question 18

Denouement

Answer 18

Unraveling or Unknitting