WorksheetsPlot Elements
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed; also known as the basic situation
a)
conflicts
b)
exposition
c)
flashbacks
d)
rising action
2.
A part of a book or play in which more things start to happen; leads to the highest point in the story
a)
conflicts
b)
exposition
c)
flashbacks
d)
rising action
3.
smaller problems that arise when characters work to resolve the main conflicts
a)
conflicts
b)
internal conflicts
c)
complications
d)
external conflicts
4.
the oppositions of persons or forces that give rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction; can be internal or external
a)
conflicts
b)
internal conflicts
c)
complications
d)
external conflicts
5.
a struggle occurring within a character's mind of an ethical or emotional nature
a)
conflicts
b)
internal conflicts
c)
complications
d)
external conflicts
6.
a character is grappling some force outside of him or herself like man vs man, man vs nature, man vs the supernatural
a)
conflicts
b)
internal conflicts
c)
complications
d)
external conflicts
7.
The turning point in a plot or dramatic action, especially one marking a change in the protagonist's affairs.
a)
falling action
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
climax
8.
The conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist
a)
falling action
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
climax
9.
The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; the final outcome of the story; also known as the denouement
a)
falling action
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
climax
10.
The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.
a)
falling action
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
climax
11.
The main character in a literary work or drama.
a)
antagonist
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
actor
12.
the character who works against the protagonist in a literary work or drama
a)
antagonist
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
actor
13.
A being involved in the action of a story
a)
antagonist
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
actor
14.
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.
a)
setting
b)
suspense
c)
tone
d)
mood
15.
the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc
a)
setting
b)
suspense
c)
tone
d)
mood
16.
The author's feelings or attitude toward a literary work such as formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, or sad.
a)
atmosphere
b)
suspense
c)
tone
d)
mood
17.
The reader's feelings towards a piece of literature which are often evoked by the atmosphere, setting, theme, and/or diction of the work.
a)
atmosphere
b)
suspense
c)
tone
d)
mood
18.
word choice
a)
diction
b)
mood
c)
atmosphere
d)
tone
19.
emotions or feelings an author conveys to his readers through description of objects and settings
a)
diction
b)
mood
c)
atmosphere
d)
tone
20.
occurs when an author gives clues of what is to come later in the story
a)
foreshadowing
b)
prolepsis
c)
atmosphere
d)
flashback
21.
an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) with an event that occurred earlier
a)
foreshadowing
b)
prolepsis
c)
atmosphere
d)
flashback
22.
a logical deduction that is made based on information assumed to be true
a)
prolepsis
b)
inference
c)
main idea
d)
theme
23.
a universal statement about life, human experience, or the world that is presented directly or indirectly in a piece of literature
a)
prolepsis
b)
inference
c)
main idea
d)
theme
24.
central focus of a text
a)
prolepsis
b)
inference
c)
main idea
d)
theme
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