Setting & Plot Practice

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?

• Where and when does the story take place?

• Who are the people the story is about?

• Why did the author write the story?

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

During which part of a story is the setting usually introduced?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

Which part of the plot is

the most intense?

• falling action

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

Choose the two words that best complete the sentence.
During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.

• characters, setting 
• characters, falling action 
• climax, conflict 
• conflict, resolution

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

• resolution
• rising action
• falling action
• exposition

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson in the story
• The sequence of events in the story
• The turning point of the story
• The conflict in the story

What is the definition of climax? 

• the turning point of the story
• the struggle between two characters
• the beginning of the story
• the point when the conflict is resolved

Suspense and tension starts to build during the....

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution