Story Elements Study Guide for Test

What part of the story gives us information about characters, setting, and background information?

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

Which of the following is another word for the problem in a story?

• Plot

• Conflict

• Climax

• Setting

Which of the following is where and when the story takes place?

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Climax

This is when the author TELLS us something he wants us to learn about the character.

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Plot

• Main character

This is when the author SHOWS us through a character's actions what he/she wants us to learn about a character.

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

• Conflict

• All of the above

This part of the story is when the problem is solved and the story ends.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

This is the most exciting part of the story when things could go either way.

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

This type of story is when the author tells a true story about an event that happened in their own life.

• Nonfiction

• Argument Essay

• Personal Narrative

• None of the above

This is the big idea about what the story is about.

• Theme

• Main idea

• Setting

• Characterization

This is the lesson or message the author wants you to learn from the story.

• Theme

• Main idea

• Characterization

• Plot