WorksheetsShort Story Elements for Grade 7
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
The authors' message or life lesson is called...
Narrator
Prediction
Exposition
Theme
The best definition of theme is...
The lesson the author is teaching
The message the author is sending
A word that summarizes the story
The character's main problem
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?
Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
The events in a story are called the plot.
True
False
What is the correct label for number 3 on the plot diagram?
Rising action
Exposition
Resolution
Climax
Includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances, that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.
Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
Falling action
The conflict is the problem or struggle between opposing forces.
True
False
The parts of a story after the climax and before the resolution is called the...
Exposition
Climax
Rising action
Falling action
What type of conflict is illustrated in the following image?
Man v. Man
Man v. Society
Man v. Self
Man v. Nature
The perspective from which a story is told is called the...
Characterization
Dialogue
Point of view
Narrator
The part of the story that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation is called the...
Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
Falling action
