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Plot Structure 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sequence of events that make up a story is called ____________.

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

2.
The people or animals that take part in the action of a story are called ________________.
a)
Characters
b)
Plot
c)
Setting
d)
Author
3.

Setting is the ___________________ of the action of the story.

a)

Problem

b)

Solution

c)

time and place

d)

plot

4.

A brief introduction of the setting, characters, this part exposes the opening situation.

a)

Rising Action

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

5.
A series of main events that leads to the climax. 
a)
Exposition
b)
Climax
c)
Falling Action
d)
`Rising Action
6.

The turning point of the conflict--the story changes because of how the conflict is affected.

a)

Expostion

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

7.
The story's conclusion. The outcome of the conflict. 
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
8.
Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.
a)
tone and place
b)
time and place
c)
tone and plot
d)
time and plot
9.
A struggle or problem happening to the main character in the story. 
a)
Issue
b)
Conflict
c)
Solution
d)
Resolution
10.
Characters are introduced here.
a)
Exposition
b)
Inciting Incident
c)
Rising Action
d)
Resolution
11.
The main point of the story where the character usually changes in some way.
a)
Climax
b)
Resolution
c)
Conflict
d)
Character
12.
The most exciting part of the story, the turning point.
a)
Conflict
b)
Climax
c)
Characters
d)
Resolution
13.
The struggle or problem in a story
a)
Exposition
b)
Resolution
c)
Conflict
d)
Antagonist
14.
The central idea or lesson to be learned in a story
a)
Plot
b)
Exposition
c)
Theme
d)
Short Story
15.
What is falling action?
a)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
b)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
c)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
d)
The part after the climax where events are winding down.
16.
Point of view is...
a)
the author's opinion
b)
who the narrator is
c)
the vantage point, or perspective of a story
d)
the reader's opinion or perspective
17.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.
b)
The author is addressing the reader.
c)
The narrator is not in the story.
d)
Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.
18.
Which point of view is the following:
"There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair."
from Divergent by Veronica Roth
a)
second
b)
first
c)
third person
19.
What POV is this passage?
Joey comes over to his friend's house. As he steps in, he sees Jack sitting on the stairs.
a)
Second Person
b)
First Person
c)
Third Person
20.
What is the purpose of point of view?
a)
to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
b)
to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
c)
to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
d)
to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know
21.

What happens after the climax, but before the resolution

a)

falling action

b)

plot

c)

climax

d)

theme