Plot and Characters

Which questions about a 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 and when did the author write the story?

Setting can give clues about a story’s ________.

• plot

• conflict

• mood

• all are correct

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

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

• cat and mouse

• happy and caring

• a middle school in 2020

• treat others the way you want to be treated

What is the climax of a story?

• the turning point of the story

• the struggle between two characters

• the beginning of the story

• the point when the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story?

• introduction

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is the most common type of conflict in a story?

• character vs. nature

• character vs. society

• character vs. character

• character vs. themselves

The sequence of events of a story is called the ____________.

• action

• conflict

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

What are traits?

• descriptive adjectives that tell what the character is like

• the struggles in the plot of the story

• all of the events that happen in a story

• the places where a story happens

What can you use to figure out what a character's traits are?

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• how the character reacts to things

• all answers are correct

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.1

Characters can only be humans

• True

• False