Story Elements Quiz

Plot is:

•  Hint/clue about what might happen later in the story
•  A feeling of excitement of tension
• Describes the events happening within a story
• A person (or animal) in a story

What is conflict?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• Time and place where the action occurs
• A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)
• Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work

The setting of a story is:

• Time and place where the action occurs
• Character changes by the end of the story
• Interrupt the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past (or future)
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

What is a character?

• A person (or animal) in a story
• When a story leaves the reader in suspense 
• A feeling of excitement of tension
• Story is written the order the events actually occurred

What type of character is seen as the main character or focus of the story?

• Subordinate
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Static

The point from which a writer tells a story is called?

• Plot
• Conflict
• Point of View
• Theme

Hints/clues about what might happen later in the story is called?

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Mood
• Tone

The struggle or problem in a story

• Exposition
• Resolution
• Conflict
• Antagonist

The people, animals, or things that help to shape the plot

• Internal Force
• Rising Action
• Protagonist
• Characters

This is where and when the story takes place

• Characters
• Climax
• Setting
• Falling Action