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Short Story Elements for Grade 7

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The authors' message or life lesson is called...

a)

Narrator

b)

Prediction

c)

Exposition

d)

Theme

2.

The best definition of theme is...

a)

The lesson the author is teaching

b)

The message the author is sending

c)

A word that summarizes the story

d)

The character's main problem

3.

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?

a)

Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.

b)

Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

4.

The events in a story are called the plot.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is the correct label for number 3 on the plot diagram?

a)

Rising action

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Climax

6.

Includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances, that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

a)

Resolution

b)

Exposition

c)

Rising action

d)

Falling action

7.

The conflict is the problem or struggle between opposing forces.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The parts of a story after the climax and before the resolution is called the...

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Rising action

d)

Falling action

9.

What type of conflict is illustrated in the following image?

a)

Man v. Man

b)

Man v. Society

c)

Man v. Self

d)

Man v. Nature

10.

The perspective from which a story is told is called the...

a)

Characterization

b)

Dialogue

c)

Point of view

d)

Narrator

11.

The part of the story that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation is called the...

a)

Resolution

b)

Exposition

c)

Rising action

d)

Falling action