Language Arts Middle School Reading Elements Review

The sequence of events that make up a story is called ____________.

• Exposition
• Climax
• Plot
• Setting

A brief introduction of the setting, characters, and opening situation. 

• Rising Action
• Exposition
• Climax
• Resolution

A struggle between opposing forces. The problem of the story. 

• Exposition
• Climax
• Rising Action
• Conflict

A series of main events that leads to the climax. 

• Exposition
• Climax
• Falling Action
• `Rising Action

The turning point of the story. 

• Expostion
• Resolution
• Climax
• Falling Action

The story's conclusion. The outcome of the conflict. 

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Resolution

What is the highest, most suspense-building, part of the story?

• Falling Action
• Setting
• Climax
• Rising Action

Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.

• tone and place
• time and place
• tone and plot
• time and plot

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about
• The topic of the text
• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
• Where and when the story happens

This type of conflict is a struggle within a character’s mind. It may occur when a character faces a difficult decision or conflicting feelings.

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society