[CLASS] Intro to Fiction

It is a literary genre in prose form, particularly short stories, novellas and novels describing events and characters created in the author’s imagination.

• poetry

• fiction

• nonfiction

• drama

What kind of POV is used here: "In just a few simple steps you can make a big change in your life?"

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What kind of POV is used here: "Something Jim said to me when we were children led me to believe that he would one day change the world?"

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What kind of 3rd person POV is used here: "While Bob was planning a special night out with Millicent, she was quietly making plans to break up with him. All of their friends would be shocked to discover her plans?"

• limited

• objective

• omniscient

It is a plot technique in which the ‘god from the machine’ intervenes in the action.

• in medias res

• frame story

• flashback

• deus ex machina

• foreshadowing

It is a plot technique in which the author plants clues about what will happen next.

• in medias res

• frame story

• flashback

• deus ex machina

• foreshadowing

It is a type of authorial voice wherein the author or narrator justifies his or her goals in producing the text.

• stream of consciousness

• apology

• satire

• irony

It is a type of authorial voice wherein the author traces his or her thoughts verbatim in the text.

• stream of consciousness

• apology

• satire

• irony

It is a literary style wherein the author exaggerates and emphasizes elements from the original work in order to ridicule, comment on, or criticize their message

• allegory

• allusion

• imagery

• parody

It is considered as the most important element of fiction since without this there will be no movement in the story at all.

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• character