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CRWR 200 Quiz 1 – Fiction Exam Study
Guide.
Theme - answer✔the central concept or "statement" represented throughout the story
Character - answer✔the WHO in the story; the Protagonist(s) and supporting characters
Conflict - answer✔the tensions or oppositions between characters and circumstances
Setting - answer✔The WHERE and WHEN of the story
Imagery - answer✔The Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Textures in a story
What is the story about? - answer✔Answer by addressing the 5 Ws:
Who is it about?
What happened?
When did it take place?
Where did it take place?
Why did it happen?
What does the story care about? - answer✔THEME
Quick tip to finding the theme: personify the story and ask: what concepts or ideas does the
story value? What does it care about?
Major Themes - answer✔Solidarity, Unity, Power of Friendship
Themes... - answer✔should be something that resonates throughout the entire story
The Immaculate conception photography gallery - Themes? - answer✔
Common Themes in Fiction - answer✔Capitalism, Change vs. tradition, chaos and order,
circle of life, coming of age, desire to escape, disillusionment and lost hope, empowerment,
unobtainable goals, evils and racism, love and intimacy, gender roles, identity crisis
Find one passage in Govier's story that exemplifies the Theme - answer✔
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Values - answer✔Values = Themes = Story Premise
5 Aspects of Character - answer✔Physiology: gender, age, height, weight, physical
characteristics, body language, etc.
Sociology: social class, education, occupation, home life, religion, race, culture, nationality,
politics, etc.
Psychology: likes and dislikes, values and opinions, frustrations, temperament, attitude
toward life, abilities, difficulties, etc.
Personal History: childhood experience, past relationships and/or breakups, past success,
and/or failures, etc.
Wants/Needs
Character Writing - answer✔a character who wants/needs things is compelling
readers invest more interest in characters who have clear wants/needs
- in well-written stories, the focal characters face barriers to their obtaining their
wants/needs ... CONFLICT
What does Sandro in Govier's story want/need? what conflicts with his wants/needs? -
answer✔
4 Types of conflict - answer✔1. character vs. character
2. character vs. society or a system
3. character vs. nature or the environment
4. character vs. her/him/themselves
- a story can have a single or multiple types of conflict
Speculative Fiction - answer✔world that writers create, where anything can happen. It is a
place beyond reality, a place that could have been, or might have been, if only the rules of
the universe were altered just a bit
Drawing Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - answer✔- Reading news headlines
- personal values and life experiences
Genres and Sub-genres - answer✔-science fiction
- fantasy
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