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Story Elements Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the events that happen while the main character tries to solve the conflict?

a)

Falling Action

b)

Characters

c)

Rising Action

d)

Point of View

2.

What is the sequence of events of a story?

a)

plot

b)

rising action

c)

conflict

d)

point of view

3.

What do you call the person or voice that tells a story?

a)

climax

b)

narrator

c)

fiction

d)

resolution

4.

What is the outcome of the story?

a)

falling action

b)

resolution

c)

plot

d)

fiction

5.

Who are the people or animals that take part in a story's plot?

a)

dialogue

b)

narrator

c)

characters

d)

rising action

6.

When and where a story takes place is the _____.

a)

characters

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

resolution

7.

The beginning of a story that may include introducing characters and the setting is

a)

setting

b)

falling action

c)

exposition

d)

characters

8.

The conversation between two characters is

a)

plot

b)

climax

c)

dialogue

d)

point of view

9.

Point-of-view is

a)

when and where a story takes place

b)

the perspective from which a story is told

c)

the emotional high point of a story

d)

the outcome of a story

10.

The events between the climax and resolution where the loose ends get tied up is called the

a)

exposition

b)

falling action

c)

rising action

d)

plot

11.

A work of literature where the characters and story is made up by the writer is

a)

autobiography

b)

fiction

c)

nonfiction

d)

graphics

12.

The emotional high point of the story is the

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

fiction

d)

resolution

13.

A character that changes in a dramatic way is a (a)   character

14.

Characters that remain the same throughout the story are called (a)   characters

15.

Characters who are complex are called (a)   characters. (Example Ron Weasley)

16.

Characters represented with just a single character trait are called (a)   characters.

17.

The central idea or message about life that the author wants to convey to the reader is

a)

imagery

b)

theme

c)

genre

d)

tone

18.

Symbolism is

a)

when earlier events are inserted into the story

b)

the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work

c)

words or phases that appeal to the readers' senses

d)

an object, person, place, or event that represents something else entirely

19.

When earlier events are inserted into the story the author is using a _____________ to show the reader something that has already happened.

a)

foreshadow

b)

flashback

c)

theme

d)

symbolism

20.

Foreshadowing

a)

gives the reader clues or hints about what is going to happen

b)

is the author's attitude or feelings about the characters, situations, or topics

c)

appeal to the reader's senses

d)

is a type of literature that is created by an author

21.

Imagery

a)

appeals to one or more of the readers' five senses

b)

is the central idea of a text

c)

is a story made up by an author

d)

is a type of foreshadowing

22.

The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work is the

a)

imagery

b)

mood

c)

theme

d)

symbolism

23.

Tone is

a)

the clues or hints the author gives about what happens next

b)

earlier events inserted into the story

c)

the author's attitudes or feelings about the characters, situations, or topics.

d)

words or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses

24.

The type of literature characterized by a particular form or style is __________.

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

genre

d)

flashback

25.

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens is

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

irony

d)

image

26.

Name the type of irony: the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what one would expect. Example: The fire station burned down.

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

27.

Name the type of irony: the reader knows something that a character does not know.

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

28.

Name the type of irony: a person says one thing, but means another. (Example, "What a beautiful day!" -- it's pouring rain outside.)

a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

29.

Which point of view?

The narrator is part of the story.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

omniscient

30.

Which point of view?


The narrator speaks directly to the reader.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

omniscient

31.

Which point of view?


The narrator is all-knowing and understands the thoughts and feelings of any and all of the characters.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

omniscient

32.

What point of view?


The narrator is knowledgeable about a few or just one character's thoughts and feelings.

a)

1st person

b)

3rd person

c)

limited omniscient

d)

omniscient

33.

The narrator is NOT part of the story. Uses "he" and "she".

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

omniscient

34.

Who is the protagonist of a story?

a)

the opponent that works against the main character

b)

the main character (usually hero) of the story

c)

the struggle a character has

35.

Who is the antagonist of a story?

a)

the main character (usually the hero) of a story

b)

the opponent that works against the main character

c)

the frustrations and problems the character faces in a story

36.

What is internal conflict

a)

the struggle a character has with his thoughts or feelings

b)

a problem between a character and an animal or nature

c)

a problem between a character and another character

d)

a problem between a character and a group of other people or society