Fiction Test Review

Which of the following is NOT commonly an element of mystery?

• A spooky setting

• A plot centered on a crime

• A hero saves the day 

Give the correct definition to the fiction element: MOOD

• • Expresses the author's feelings or attitude toward a subject

• • Atmosphere or feeling the writer creates for the reader

Give the correct definition to the fiction element: TONE

• • Atmosphere or feeling the writer creates for the reader

• • Expresses the author's feelings or attitude toward a subject

Authors use a variety of patterns to lead the reader to a lesson or message. This is known as:

• theme

• suspense

• foreshadowing

When an author gives the readers clues and hints at what will happen later in the text, the author is using

• foreshadowing

• theme

• flashback

To create mood in a story, authors use

• a carefully created setting

• foreshadowing

• figurative language

• all of the above

In a mystery, a red herring can lead the reader to

• figure out the solution to the problem

• make incorrect inferences

• understand the setting better

When the author or narrator takes time to tell us about something happened earlier/before.

• foreshadowing

• plot

• flashback

• previiew

To make a declaration about what will happen in a story

• paraphrase

• inference

• prediction

• tone

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• paraphrase

• inference

• prediction

• tone