Pd. 1 Finding Plot in "Secret Samantha" by Tim Federle

Exposition is...

• a) the beginning of the story

• b) the middle of the story

• c) the end of the story

What does the reader learn in the exposition?

• a) setting and character

• b) allusion and imagery

• c) conflicts and theme

What is the exposition of the story "Secret Samantha"?

• a) The protagonist of the story is Sam, a middle school student who lives in present day Pennsylvania (it's also winter time)

• b) Sam is trying to decide which gift she wants to give Blade

• c) Blade does not like the gift Sam gave her

• d) Sam runs to the nurse's office after seeing her present

What occurs in the rising action of the story?

• Blade does not like Sam's present

• Sam does not feel like she fits in, even in her own family

• Sam runs to the nurse's office after opening her present

• The protagonist, Sam, is picking her elf name

Climax can be defined as...

• The beginning of a story where setting and characters are introduced

• Where conflicts are beginning to be resolved

• Where a character's conflicts begin to occur

• The turning point in a story where the character goes through a major change in some way

The climax of "Secret Samantha" is seen when...

• During class, Sam is trying to pick her elf name

• Sam is trying to decide what to buy Blade

• None of these

• After Sam receives a gift that she hates, she confesses to her mom that she just doesn't feel like anyone understands her

Falling action can be defined as...

• The end of a story

• The beginning of a story where setting and characters are introduced

• The conflicts that were introduced are now beginning to be fixed

• Where conflicts are introduced and occur

The falling action in Federle's story, "Secret Samantha" can be seen when...

• Sam decides to be herself with Blade (an artist, her elf/ninja)

• Sam is trying to decide what her elf name will be

• Sam is deciding what gift to give Blade

• all of these

Resolution can be defined as...

• the beginning of a story

• the ending of a story-the conflicts are now resolved

• where conflicts begin to occur

• the turning point

The resolution of "Secret Samantha" can be seen when...

• Sam tells Blade her name is Sam and Blade accepts Sam for who she is

• Sam tells Ms. Lee that she wants her elf name to be "Sparkles", but she really wanted to be called Flame

• Sam runs to the nurse's office upset after seeing what her gift is

• Sam is struggling to decide which gift to give Blade