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

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.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

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.6.5

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.7.3

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.6.6

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

• Internal

• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?

• Person vs. nature

• Person vs. self

• Person vs. space

• Person vs. society

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

• Conflict

• Theme

• Point of view

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

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.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6