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Plot Terms Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_(this)_ is the end of the story.
a)
Exposition
b)
Conflict
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
2.
The problem in a story is called _(this)_.
a)
Conflict
b)
Climax
c)
Exposition
d)
Rising Action
3.
_(this)_ is the part of the story when the main character is trying different things to solve the problem.
a)
Falling action
b)
Rising action
c)
Climax
d)
Denouement
4.
Another word for "resolution" is _(this)_.
a)
"Solution"
b)
"Opening"
c)
"Denouement"
d)
"Introduction"
5.
_(this)_ wraps up the story, ties up any loose ends, and leads toward the closure.
a)
Falling Action
b)
Rising Action
c)
Exposition
d)
Conflict
6.
_(this)_ is the most tense, exciting, or terrifying moment of the story - when the reader’s emotional involvement is the greatest.
a)
Climax
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolution
d)
Rising Action
7.
The series of related events in a story, like the links in a chain, is called ___.
a)
Action
b)
Plot
c)
Conflict
d)
Storyboard
8.
_(this)_ is the opening of the story, when the setting and characters are introduced.
a)
Conflict
b)
Prologue
c)
Exposition
d)
Resolution
9.
Another name for the "exposition" is _(this)_.
a)
"Introduction"
b)
"Dedication"
c)
"Denouement"
d)
"Basic Situation"
10.
What happens after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved is called _(this)_.
a)
Conflict
b)
Climax
c)
Falling Action
d)
Plot
11.
_(this)_ IS the story and involves event sequence AND timing.
a)
Setting
b)
Plot
c)
Fiction
d)
Foreshadowing
12.
_(this)_ happens whenever a person cannot satisfy  basic need and feels frustrated or blocked.  It can be external or internal.
a)
Fiction
b)
Plot
c)
Climax
d)
Conflict
13.
Another word for "rising action" is _(this)_
a)
"Complications"
b)
"Falling action"
c)
"Conflict"
d)
"Plot"
14.
_(this)_ is when we find out what the outcome of the conflict will be, how the conflict will be solved.
a)
Resolution
b)
Falling Action
c)
Exposition
d)
Climax
15.
_(this)_ is when we know what is going to happen to the characters after the story ends.  It's the story's wrap-up.
a)
Resolution
b)
Basic Situation
c)
Complications
d)
Climax