Elements of Fiction

What is all of the action which follows the climax and leads to the final conclusion.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

What is the series of events or conflicts in the story that lead to the climax.

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

What is the start of the story. Essentially, the way things are before the action starts.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Resolution

a type of conflict where the character struggles against a force of nature

• character vs nature

• character vs character

• character vs fate

• character vs society

What is a struggle between opposing forces in a story called?

• Setting

• Plot

• Point of View

• conflict

What are the actors in a story's plot?

• protagonists

• antagonists

• key players

• characters

What is the conclusion of the story where all the “loose ends” are finally tied together.

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Climax

What is the sequence of events in a story?

• point of view

• setting

• conflict

• plot

A type of conflict where the character struggles with something within his or her self.

• external

• internal

• social

• psychological

Name the point of view: "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient