Activity 2. THAT'S WHAT FICTION IS FOR!
Identify what element of fiction is described in each item. Choose the letter that
corresponds to the statement taken from the story "Footnote to Youth."
1. The story portrays youth as a time of ignorance and inevitable rash decisions,
as well as romanticism and "dreamful sweetness.
a. character
b. point of view c. theme
d. setting
2. Dodong, Teang, Blas, Lucio, Tena, and Dodong's Father are example of.
a. point of view
b. characters
c. setting
d. conflict
3. Dodong and Teang wanted to get married at a young age, but his father was
against it. What type of conflict is reflected in the story?
a. Man vs. Man
c. Man vs. Nature:
b. Man vs. Self
d. Man vs. Government
4. Dodong was unsure how to approach his father about his desire to marry
Teang, his true love, at the start of the novel. As the novel progresses, Dodong
and Teang struggle to make sense of their choices and wonder if things would
have turned out differently if their choices had been different. What element of
the short story is this?
a. theme
b. plot
c. characters
d. point of view
5. The story happened in a rural area where they worked as farmers.
a. plot
b. theme
c. settings
d. point of view