Elements of Fiction Practice Test

What is setting?

• the people in the story

• time and place of the story

• the events of the story

• the message of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are characters?

• the time and place of the story

• the events in the story

• the people or animals in the story

• the message of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is conflict in a story?

• the struggle or problem

• the time and place of the story

• the turning point

• the events in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is plot in a story?

• the people or animals in the story

• the problem or struggle

• the sequence of events in a story

• time and place of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the theme of a story?

• the events in a story

• the problem or struggle

• the message or central belief

• time and place of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A protagonist is

• the bad guy or cause of the conflict

• the minor character

• the good guy or hero of the story

• the author

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution are

• the big five

• the best part of non-fiction

• hard to remember

• the five stages of the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

In Exposition, the author introduces the reader to

• figurative language

• the setting, main character, and hints at the conflict

• the conflict

• the reason for writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The rising action consists of most of the story.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The rising action

• comes at the end of the story

• starts with the conflict and builds suspense throughout most of the story

• introduces the setting, characters, and hints at the conflict

• reveals how the conflict will be resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5