Elements of a Story Review

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for a reader to understand a story's structure?

• So the reader can read fast
• To help the reader pronounce all of the words in the story
• To help the reader understand the story

Open Ended

What are we learning today?

Open Ended

What are the key elements that make up a story?

Multiple Choice

The children played in the water. The waves were crashing. The dolphin jumped. What is the setting?

• lake

• pond

• ocean

• river

Multiple Choice

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of the passage below?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion. 

• winter in a train station of a busy city
• a hospital in the future
• a summer morning in a castle
• a grocery store in the 1980's

Multiple Choice

Katie and her grandmother sat down at the table to eat lunch. “Well, it took some discussion, but I think I managed to make a lunch that you will eat,” said Grandma. “Grandma, I can’t eat this. You put butter on my crustless ham sandwich, and my potato chips are touching my applesauce!” replied Katie.

Which character trait best describes Katie?

• A. indecisive

• B. picky

• C. comical

• D. frustrated

Multiple Choice

What is the role of a protagonist in a story?

• The main character in a story

• The person against the main character

• A supporting character

• A minor character

Multiple Choice

What are the four main parts of a plot as described in the image?

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Resolution

• Introduction, Conflict, Climax, Conclusion

• Beginning, Middle, End, Resolution

• Setting, Characters, Conflict, Resolution

Multiple Choice

The _______ is everything that happens in a story.

• problem
• sequence
• plot
• solution

Multiple Choice

Which element of plot introduces the characters and the setting of the story?

• exposition
• resolution
• climax
• rising action

​Internal and external

Multiple Choice

If your friend asks you what happens in a book you will probably tell her:

• the characters and theme
• theme and setting
• the plot and conflict
• the setting and characters

Multiple Choice

The two types of conflict we experience when reading literature are:

• Round & Dynamic

• Flat & Static

• Internal & External

• Holistic & Existential

Multiple Choice

Pick the statement that best explains the internal conflict presented in the poem "It's Raining on the House of Anne Frank"

• The tourists struggle with feeling obligated to visit museums that have been born in challenging times while the narrator struggles with identifying with the tourists.

• The tourists hate waiting in the rain.

• Van Gogh could not find happiness in his art.

• The narrator cant decide if she should hurry to the Van Gogh Museum before dinner.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of a story?

• The main character's journey

• The main message or lesson

• The setting of the story

• The plot twist

Multiple Choice

Explain the difference between a theme and a topic in literature.

• A theme is the underlying message or main idea of a literary work, while a topic is the subject matter or specific issue that is addressed in the work.

• A theme is the plot of a literary work, while a topic is the character development.

• A theme is the specific issue addressed in a literary work, while a topic is the underlying message or main idea of the work.

• A theme is the subject matter of a literary work, while a topic is the emotional response it evokes.

Multiple Choice

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.
What is the theme?

• Be honest.
• Don't be greedy.
• Always share your things with others.
• Be respectful to others.

Multiple Choice

In which point of view does the narrator have a limited perspective and can only share the thoughts and feelings of one character?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

Multiple Choice

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.

"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.

"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.

"I'd be scared to let go," I type.

"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.

"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”

― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident