Story Elements Quiz

A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called:

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• stereotyping

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.

"There's nothing like roaming a field on a crisp, fall day," Beverly thought to herself.

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.

"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps,and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• They were about to eat breakfast.

• hat Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

The dark storm clouds rolled across the lake and Rebecca couldn’t help but shiver. The ominous feeling the black clouds gave her made her pull her wool coat closely around her. She started walking faster and faster, hoping that whatever was coming would pass quickly.

• It is going to be a sunny day.

• That Rebecca is really looking forward to the storm that is going to come in.

• She wasn't afraid of the storm and she was going to take it head on.

• There is going to be an intense rain storm that Rebecca is scared of.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

As you watch a movie and you become more excited, this feeling is called...

• theme

• plot

• suspense

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Suspense makes you want to read what happens next.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Is this situation suspenseful? 
Cautiously, Darrell stepped farther out onto the ice-covered pond. 

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Is this situations suspenseful? 
Gwen smiled to see the puppy cuddled side by side with her older dog, Quincy. 

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5