Story Elements Quiz

Rising Action ________________________. 

• Sets the stage for the climax
• Includes all the action and events that occur before the climax
• Both A and B
• None of the above

The climax of a story________________________.

• Presents essential background information
• Is a turning point or point of greatest intensity
• Does not determine the outcome of the conflict
• Is the plan or groundwork of the story

________________________ = A series of events that happen after the climax.

• Conflict
• Exposition
• Resolution
• Falling Action

Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?

• Environment
• Intensity
• Location
• Time

Conflict is the ________________________ between opposing forces.

• Struggle
• Friendship
• Relationship
• Story

________________________ conflict takes place in a character’s head/mind.

• Internal
• External

The central idea or universal truth that a story examines is  ________________________.

• Conflict
• Theme
• Point of view
• Resolution

What is point of view?

• The way a story expresses the view about life and how people behave
• The way a story makes you feel or think
• The turning point in the story
• The perspective from which the story is being presented

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

• setting

• theme

• plot

• mood

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

• Setting

• Characterization

• Personalization

• Flashback