ELA Terms - Fiction

The setting of a story is...

• The people who interact in a story

• When and Where a Story takes place

• The author's message or life lesson(s) in a story

• The series of events in a story; what the story is about

The people who interact in a story are called...

• characters

• settings

• conflicts

• themes

True or False?

All characters in a story must be human beings.

• True

• False

The series of events in a story, or what the story is about, is called...

• conflict

• theme

• plot

• point of view

The plot diagram is...

• an illustration of the characters in a story

• a visual representation of the events in a story

• a brief summary of the events of a story

Put the parts of the plot diagram in their proper order from beginning to end.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition/Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

The beginning of a story when the author introduces the main characters, the setting, the basic situation and the main problem of the story.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

The main problem of a story is called the...

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• conflict

Once the conflict of a story is introduced, the tension of the story begins to increase. This part of the story is called the ______________________. This is the part where most of the story takes place.

• climax

• rising action

• conflict

• falling action

The "big bang" or turning point of a story is called the...

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

• conflict