Elements of Fiction JEOPARDY – 6th Grade

Some basic elements of drama / Is it really a pyramid?
(Freytag’s pyramid) / More Elements / Which element does this example refer to?
$100 / Where and when the plot takes place. / How things turn out in the play - how it ends. / When two characters argue over something, it is called the ______. / The three little pigs had a problem with the wolf, this is called a ______.
$200 / Why a character acts the way he does – what a character wants. / The most exciting moment of a play (also called the turning point). / The author’s message is called the: ______/ The movie The Lion King takes place once upon a time in Africa, this is the movie’s ______.
$300 / The main character’s problem. / The beginning of the play when the characters are introduced. / An imaginary person in a story is called a ______. / In “The Girl in the Lavender Dress,” Grandma’s ______for helping is that she is a nice person.
$400 / Excitement about what will happen next. / The series of events leading up to the climax (the longest section of the play). / The act of the audience identifying with characters in a play (they feel like they ARE the character while reading. / In The Lion King, the audience identifies with Simba, this process of the audience putting themselves in the character’s shoes is called ______.
$500 / The sequence of events in a story or drama (what happens in a play). / The series of events after the climax leading to the resolution. / Suspense occurs mostly during the ______(part of the pyramid). / When one thing represents another, it is called a s______.

Plot Character Conflict Theme Suspense

Empathy Symbol Setting Motivation

Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution


Fiction Elements JEOPARDY Name: ______

Some basic elements of drama / Is it really a pyramid?
(Freytag’s pyramid) / More Elements / Which element does this example refer to?
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