Understanding Story Plot Quiz

What is a plot in a story?

• The main character of the story

• The chain of related events that tells you what happens in a story

• The background music used in a story

• The moral of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the exposition of a story introduce?

• The climax of the story

• The resolution of the conflict

• The characters, settings, and the story's basic conflict

• The author's purpose for writing the story

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

What role do events in a story's plot play?

• They describe the setting in detail

• They resolve the story's conflict

• They "hook" our curiosity and pull us forward to the next event

• They introduce new characters

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the correct order of a story's plot structure as shown in the diagram?

• Climax, Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Rising Action, Exposition, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the rising action in a story describe?

• The conclusion of the story's conflicts

• The series of conflicts faced by the main character

• The most interesting part of the story

• The events after the climax

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What may the conflicts in a story's rising action include?

• The resolution of the story

• The introduction of new characters

• Forces of nature or the character's own feelings

• The moral of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the effect of adding more events to the rising action of a story?

• It simplifies the story

• It shortens the story

• It makes the story more complicated and harder to resolve

• It has no effect on the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a story's climax?

• The beginning of the story

• The point at which the outcome of the conflict is decided

• The least interesting part of the story

• The events leading up to the conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When does the story reach its climax?

• When the main character is introduced

• When the conflict is resolved

• When the obstacles created by complications are overcome

• During the falling action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the falling action in a story?

• The introduction of the conflict

• The part of the story that happens after the climax

• The highest point of tension in the story

• The beginning of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9