Purpose of Exposition in Story Plot

What is the purpose of the exposition in a typical story plot?

• To conclude the story

• To provide important background information and introduce the setting and important characters

• To present the main conflict of the story

• To describe the climax of the story

What is the purpose of the Rising Action in a plot?

• To resolve the conflict

• To introduce the characters

• To develop the conflict and make it more complicated

• To present the background information

What is the climax in a story or play?

• The beginning of the story where characters are introduced

• The point of greatest interest where the conflict is resolved

• The final part of the story where everything concludes

• A less important event in the story

What is the 'Falling Action' in a story's plot?

• The introduction of characters and setting

• The stage where the story begins to draw to a close and shows the results of the important decision or action that happened at the climax

• The most exciting part of the story where the main conflict occurs

• The final resolution or outcome of the story

What is conflict defined as in literature?

• The resolution of a story

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The main character of a story

• The setting of a story

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict listed on your study guide?

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Technology

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Self

What are context clues?

• Instructions for using a dictionary

• The hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word

• The definition provided at the end of a book

• A list of synonyms for a given word

What type of context clue is this?

This Saturday, let’s visit the arboretum, a garden that is entirely dedicated to the exhibition of plants and trees. 

• Contrast context clue

• Comparison context clue

• Definition context clue

• Cause and effect context clue

What is the definition of a comparison context clue?

• Using synonyms to define the word

• Determining a word's meaning based on how it is like something else in the text

• Finding the meaning of a word by looking it up in the dictionary

• Using antonyms to understand the opposite of the word

Which of the following words may signal a comparison context clue?

• And, or, but

• Too, like, as, similar to, in the same way

• Because, since, therefore

• Although, despite, however