Theme, Setting, Plot, Character, and Conflict

What is the climax?

• The turning point of the story

• The struggle between two characters

• The beginning of the story

• The point when the conflict is resolved

Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order?

• Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion

• Rising Action, Climax, Introduction, Falling Action, Conclusion

• Introduction, Climax, Rising Action, Conclusion, Falling Action

• Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Conclusion, Falling Action

Setting can give clue's about a story's _______

• Plot

• Conflict

• Mood

• All of the above

If the passage below were at Lena's birthday party, what could you infer?

Lena laughed loudly. "I can't believe you did that!" she said, smiling.

• Lena might have received an unexpected gift

• Lena might be a selfish character

• Lena might be mad at her best friend

• Lena might be talking to her uncle

What are traits?

• The struggles in the plot of a story

• Descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

• All of the events that happen in a story

• The places where a story happens

True of False: Characters can only be humans

• True

• False

What is conflict?

• The main character in a story

• When and where a story takes place

• The feeling or emotion created by a character

• A struggle or problem that needs to be solved

Which of the following is an example of character versus nature?

• Batman fought against the Joker for a long time

• Hamlet struggled to determine if the ghost was real or not

• Santiago faced the harsh sunlight and storms from his little boat on the sea

• Atticus Finch went against his towns views when he battled against their negative practices

The theme of a story is the _________

• Main character

• Message or lesson about life that the author expresses

• Sequence of events

• Short summary of what the story is about

Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• Your past does not define you

• Returning home after a long time

• A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago

• An old man who used to be a farmer