Story Elements Vocabulary Quiz

What is the sequence of events that happen in a story from beginning to end called?

• Exposition

• Plot

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which part of a story introduces characters, setting, and basic situations?

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the part of the story where problems start to happen and excitement builds?

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the most exciting or important moment in a story called?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which part of the story involves events that happen after the climax as the story starts to calm down?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the end of the story where the problems are solved and the story wraps up?

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the most important point or message the story is about?

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Inference

• Key Details

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What are important facts or examples that support the main idea called?

• Inference

• Theme

• Key Details

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a smart guess you make based on clues from the story and what you already know?

• Inference

• Theme

• Flashback

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a part of the story that shows something important that happened in the past?

• Theme

• Flashback

• Climax

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5