Narrative Quiz

1. What is the main purpose of a narrative story?

• To provide factual information
• To tell a story with characters and events
• To explain how something works
• To compare two different ideas

2. In a story's plot line, what happens during the rising action?

• The problem is solved
• The story reaches its most exciting point
• Tension and conflicts build up
• The story comes to an end

3. What is true about this statement: A fable …

• contains talking animals
• has multiple main characters
• takes place in modern times
• includes magical elements

4. What does the theme of a story refer to?

• The time and place where it happens
• The main characters' names
• The lesson or message
• The order of events

5. When writing dialogue, where do quotation marks go?

• Only at the start of speaking
• Around the exact words being spoken
• After punctuation marks
• Before speaker tags

6. Which best describes a story's climax?

• The beginning introduction
• The final resolution
• The background information
• The most intense moment

7. What is typically found at the end of a fable?

• A list of characters
• A description of the setting
• A moral or lesson learned
• A surprise ending

8. How should the reader tell a new speaker is talking in the story?

• His words are on the same line as previous speaker
• His words are in italics
• His words are without quotation marks
• His words are on a new line in quotation marks

9. What is exposition in a story?

• The conclusion
• The story and setting - usually at the beginning
• The highest point of action
• The falling action

10. Which element is NOT typically not characteristic of a FABLE?

• Complex character development
• Animal characters
• A moral lesson
• Short length