Literary Terms Review: Plot, POV, Theme, Conflict

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson of a story

• The sequence of events in a story

• The turning point of a story

• The conflict of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

The __________ introduces readers to the characters and setting of a story

• exposition

• expulsion

• resolution

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which detail best describes the rising action?

• The turning point of a story

• Complicates the conflict

• Shows how the conflict is resolved

• The most intense part of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order?

• exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, inciting incident, resolution

• exposition, falling action, inciting incident, rising action, climax, resolution

• exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• rising action, inciting incident, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The story's time and place is the...

• tone

• plot

• setting

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

• human vs society

• human vs self

• human vs human

• human vs nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is the perspective from which a story is told? 

• 1st person 
• point of view 
• 3rd person limited 
• 3rd person omniscient 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who is the main charcter in the story? 

• protagonist 
• antagonist 
• external 
• internal 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Who is the character in the story that opposes the main character? 

• protagonist 
• antagonist 
• conflict 
• theme 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the story's main idea or message? 

• theme 
• mood 
• conflict 
• static character 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3