Story and Investigation Quiz

A story that is not true or is made up is called (a)   .

• Fiction
• Exposition
• Plot
• Nonfiction

Match the following roles with their descriptions.

• The person who wrote the story

• Narrator

• The person solving the mystery

• Character

• A person in the story

• Author

• The person telling the story

• Investigator

What provides the character background and setting in a fictional story?

• Plot

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

• Narrative

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• The series of events that build a story toward a climax

• Falling action

• The events that happen after the climax leading to the end

• Climax

• The conclusion or wrapping up of the story

• Resolution

• The turning point or most intense moment in a story

• Rising action

What is the most exciting moment of the story, also known as the turning point?

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Climax

• Resolution

What occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict is being solved?

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Climax

• Theme

What is the end of the story where loose ends are tied up called?

• Climax

• Rising action

• Resolution

• Theme

What is the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work?

• Theme

• Point of view

• Climax

• Resolution

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

• Theme

• Point of view

• Climax

• Resolution

In which point of view is the narrator a character in the story, using words like "I" and "we"?

• 2nd person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• 1st person point of view

• Omniscient point of view