Name: ___________________________________ Remedial 2.

1 Submission Date: October 17, 2019 Score:

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ELEMENTS OF FICTION
The six major elements of fiction are character, plot, point of view, setting, style, and theme.
1. Character -- A figure in a literary work (personality, gender, age, etc). E. M. Forester makes a distinction between flat
and round characters. Flat characters are types or caricatures defined by a single idea of quality, whereas round characters
have the three-dimensional complexity of real people.
2. Plot –- the major events that move the action in a narrative. It is the sequence of major events in a story, usually in a
cause-effect relation.
3. Point of View -- the vantage point from which a narrative is told. A narrative is typically told from a first-person or third-
person point of view. In a narrative told from a first-person perspective, the author tells the story through a character who
refers to himself or herself as "I." Third –person narratives come in two types: omniscient and limited. An author taking
an omniscient point of view assumes the vantage point of an all-knowing narrator able not only to recount the action
thoroughly and reliably but also to enter the mind of any character in the work or any time in order to reveal his or her
thoughts, feelings, and beliefs directly to the reader. An author using the limited point of view recounts the story through
the eyes of a single character (or occasionally more than one, but not all or the narrator would be an omniscient narrator).
4. Setting –- That combination of place, historical time, and social milieu that provides the general background for the
characters and plot of a literary work. The general setting of a work may differ from the specific setting of an individual
scene or event.
5. Point of View -- refers to who narrates a story and how much that narrator knows. In a story told from the first-person
point of view, the writer chooses to have a character within the story narrate it, using the first-person pronouns I and
me. This method of storytelling lets the reader see and know only what that character, the narrator, sees and
knows. When planning a story, an author usually chooses between first-person point of view, in which the narrator is a
character, and third-person point of view, in which the narrator is not a story participant. Third-person narrators can be
classified as omniscient or limited, depending on how much they know. In the omniscient point of view, the narrator is
all-knowing and so can describe every character's thoughts. By contrast, a narrator in a third-person limited point of
view possesses limited knowledge, often confined to one or two characters.
6. Theme(s) -- The central and dominating idea (or ideas) in a literary work. The term also indicates a message or moral
implicit in any work of art. Source: https://web.csulb.edu/~yamadaty/EleFic.html; Literature and Language: English and
World Literature. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal, Little & Co., 1992, 615.

Read any prose/story from the 2nd quarter topics. Identify and briefly explain the 6 elements (30 pts.). You may use
additional long bond paper. Please write legibly.
Name: _______________________________ Remedial 2.2 Submission Date: October 17, 2019 Score: _____________

Adverbs Skills

Adverbs are words that describe or modify verbs and sometimes adjectives and other adverbs. They often answer the
questions HOW, WHERE, HOW OFTEN or WHEN.
For example:
 Even after one year of lessons, Luke plays the piano badly.
"Badly" is an adverb that modifies the verb "play" and tells us how Luke plays the piano.
 The class is very difficult. Many students don't pass it.
"Very" is an adverb that modifies the adjective "difficult" and tells us how difficult the class is.
Now let's get some practice using adverbs!

I. Fill in the Gap

Complete the sentences with the best adverb. Hint: Not every adverb is needed.
slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily excitedly finally suddenly quickly quietly
1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!
2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
5. Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.
6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.
7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.
8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!
9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.
10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

II. Adverb or Adjective?

Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.
To make adverbs we often add -ly at the end of an adjective (words that describe a noun)
Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun)
beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)
1. He's always in a rush. I don't understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).
2. I prefer studying in the library. It's always_______________ (quiet/quietly).
3. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer.
4. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She's been taking ballet since she was five years old.
5. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years.
6. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It's so annoying.
7. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.
8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
9. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.
10. We didn't ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher's instructions. Most of us did not finish
the assignment.
Name: ______key_________________________ Remedial 2.2 Submission Date: October 17, 2019 Score: ________
Adverbs Skills
Adverbs are words that describe or modify verbs and sometimes adjectives and other adverbs. They often answer the
questions HOW, WHERE, HOW OFTEN or WHEN.
For example:
 Even after one year of lessons, Luke plays the piano badly.
"Badly" is an adverb that modifies the verb "play" and tells us how Luke plays the piano.
 The class is very difficult. Many students don't pass it.
"Very" is an adverb that modifies the adjective "difficult" and tells us how difficult the class is.
Now let's get some practice using adverbs!
I. Fill in the Gap
Complete the sentences with the best adverb. Hint: Not every adverb is needed.
slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily excitedly finally suddenly quickly quietly
11. Come here ____________. You have to see this!
12. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
13. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
14. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
15. Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.
16. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.
17. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.
18. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!
19. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.
20. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.
Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. excitedly, 3. carelessly, 4. finally, 5. slowly, 6. easily, 7. suddenly, 8. loudly, 9. well, 10.
beautifully
II. Adverb or Adjective?
Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.
To make adverbs we often add -ly at the end of an adjective (words that describe a noun)
Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun)
beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)
11. He's always in a rush. I don't understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).
12. I prefer studying in the library. It's always_______________ (quiet/quietly).
13. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer.
14. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She's been taking ballet since she was five years old.
15. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years.
16. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It's so annoying.
17. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.
18. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
19. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.
20. We didn't ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher's instructions. Most of us did not finish
the assignment.
Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. quiet, 3. happily, 4. beautifully, 5. well, 6. loud, 7. careful, 8. good, 9. angrily, 10. completely