Unit 1 Fiction

Question 1

Genre?

Answer 1

A type of writing. Example:fiction, short story, drama, romance, mystery

Question 2

Fiction?

Answer 2

Made-up and follows a plot.

Question 3

Prose?

Answer 3

Normal writing. Not poetry

Question 4

Short story

Answer 4

Focus on few characters, one conflict, and one theme.

Question 5

Point of veiw?

Answer 5

The perspective of which the story is told.

Question 6

First person POV

Answer 6

“I” or “me” narrator talks about himself or herself.

Question 7

Second person POV

Answer 7

“you” author is talking to a person. Example: advertisement or directions.

Question 8

Third person POV

Answer 8

They, he, or she. The narrator is telling about a character.

Question 9

Omniscient- 3rd person POV

Answer 9

All-knowing

Question 10

Limited-3rd person POV

Answer 10

Limited knowledge.

Question 11

Protagonist

Answer 11

Main character who is struggling with the conflict.

Question 12

Antagonist

Answer 12

Person who always antagonizes the protagonant.

Question 13

Setting

Answer 13

Place, time, and social context.

Question 14

Mood

Answer 14

The atmosphere or the emotional sense.

Question 15

Theme.

Answer 15

Your universal truth that is explored throughout the story.

Question 16

What are the 5 elements of fiction.

Answer 16

Plot, POV, characters, setting, and theme.

Question 17

Exposition

Answer 17

Characters are introduced. Setting is revealed. The mood or tone is established.

Question 18

Rising action.

Answer 18

Main characters try to solve a problem and encounters several obstacles.

Question 19

Conflict

Answer 19

There are 4 types of conflicts:

• person versus person
• person versus society
• person versus nature
• person versus self
• person versus technology

Question 20

Climax

Answer 20

The turning point.

Question 21

Falling action

Answer 21

All the events following the climax.

Question 22

Resolution

Answer 22

The central conflict is solved or ended.

Question 23

Chronological order

Answer 23

The events are in the order that they happened

Question 24

Flashback

Answer 24

Stops what is happening and remembers the past

Question 25

Foreshadowing

Answer 25

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Question 26

Idiom

Answer 26

An expression that can't be understood rom the meanings of it's separate words but must be learned as a whole

Question 27

Metaphor

Answer 27

A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written of as if it were another

Question 28

Simile

Answer 28

A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison

Question 29

Analogy

Answer 29

A comparison of 2 things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different

Question 30

Irony

Answer 30

The difference between appearance and reality

Question 31

Verbal irony

Answer 31

Sarcasm

Question 32

Dramatic irony

Answer 32

The readers know something that the characters don't

Question 33

Situational irony

Answer 33

When an event goes against your expectation