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Fictional Checkpoint

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The perspective from which a story is told is called the __________. Usually it is in 1st or 3rd person.
a)
Conflict
b)
Plot
c)
Point of View
d)
Setting
2.
Supporting details
a)
Backs up or supports the main idea
b)
The events in a story
c)
To tell orally
3.
author's purpose
a)
what the selection is mostly about
b)
the reason someone writes
c)
to put the events in order
d)
when and where the story takes place
4.

The best definition for theme is

a)

the central or universal idea of the story

b)

the subject of the text

c)

the main idea of the story

d)

it's not important

5.

What is character motivation?

a)

Why a character is doing what he/she is doing

b)

a character

c)

a type of figurative language

d)

the end of the story

6.

Rising action is the point in the story where ________

a)

the story is about to end

b)

the most exciting part of the story

c)

the denoument

d)

the story is describing action leading to the climax

7.
I, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
d)
Weird person
8.
He, she, his, her, they, them are examples of what point of view?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
d)
Homeless person
9.
A short tale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
10.

What is a myth?

a)

A cool story.

b)

To explain why the world is the way it is.

c)

To explain cool super heroes!

d)

To explain the holidays.

11.
A story set in a real place in the past (like the Great Depression or World War II) with made up, but believable characters.
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Fantasy
c)
Biography
d)
Historical Fiction
12.
This type of story has elements of futuristic technology and science.
a)
Fiction
b)
Future Fiction
c)
Fantasy
d)
Science Fiction
13.

The best definition for theme is

a)

the central or universal idea of the story

b)

the subject of the text

c)

the main idea of the story

d)

it's not important

14.

A work that is not true is called a _________.

a)

Newspaper

b)

Novel

c)

magazine articles

d)

literary non-fiction

15.

When two or more characters are having a conversation, it is known as _________

a)

dialogue

b)

setting

c)

tone

d)

mood