Story Elements Quiz

What is the plot within a story?

• The series of events that a story follows

• The time and place within the story

• The final outcome of the story

• The struggle between opposing forces within the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the setting?

• The series of events a story follows

• The part of the story when it begins to draw to a close

• The time and place of the action within a story

• The story's most interesting moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the rising action within a story?

• The time and place of the action

• The final outcome of the conflict

• The growing tension of and excitement felt by the reader

• The part of the story when characters are presented with additional obstacles after the conflict has been introduced

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The conflict within a story is

• A struggle between opposing forces which the story is centered around

• The final outcome of a story

• The series of events a story follows

• The time and place of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the falling action within a story?

• The time and place of the action

• The final outcome of a story

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The part when a story begins to draw to a close

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is suspense within a story?

• The growing tension and excitement felt by the reader

• The time and place of the events within a story

• The series of events within a story

• The introduction of the characters and setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the exposition within a story?

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The story's moment of greatest interest

• The part of the story when the characters and setting are introduced

• The final outcome of the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the climax of a story?

• The story's moment of greatest interest (the point where the conflict is resolved)

• The time and place of the action within a story

• The final outcome of a story

• The growing feeling of excitement and tension felt by the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Internal conflicts within a story are

• struggles that happen between opposing forces

• imaginary

• struggles that characters have with their own thoughts

• the moments of greatest interest

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

External conflicts within a story are

• struggles with a characters' own thoughts

• imaginary

• struggles with an outside force or another character

• the introduction to the characters and setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3