Literary Terms 1

The exposition of a story ________________________.

• Set the stage for the climax
• Determines the outcome of the conflict
• Presents essential background information
• Establishes a new norm

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Rising Action ________________________. 

• Sets the stage for the climax
• Includes all the action and events that occur before the climax
• Both A and B
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The climax of a story________________________.

• Presents essential background information
• Is a turning point or point of greatest intensity
• Does not determine the outcome of the conflict
• Is the plan or groundwork of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Resolution occurs after the ________________________ and establishes a new norm.

• Climax
• Falling Action
• Exposition
• Essential background information

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?

• Environment
• Intensity
• Location
• Time

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The emotional atmosphere of a story and the voice of the narrator are the ________________.  

• Feelings/Thoughts
• Beginning/End
• Mood/Tone
• Action/Reaction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________________________ conflict takes place between a character and an outside force.

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?

• Person vs. nature
• Person vs. self
• Person vs. space
• Person vs. society

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The central idea or universal truth that a story examines is  ________________________.

• Conflict
• Theme
• Point of view
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is point of view?

• The way a story expresses the view about life and how people behave
• The way a story makes you feel or think
• The turning point in the story
• The perspective from which the story is being presented

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6