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Story Elements

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is fiction?

a)

a piece of writing that contains accurate information

b)

a piece of writing that is completely true

c)

a piece of writing that is made up or imagined

d)

a piece of writing that is long and boring

2.

How many story elements are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

What are characters?

a)

the people in a story that are made up

b)

the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that tell a story

c)

the imaginary creatures that the author puts into a story

d)

the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story

4.

What is a setting?

a)

the time of a story

b)

the time and place of a story

c)

the place of a story

d)

the events of a story

5.

What are the two types of characters?

a)

minor

b)

melodramatic

c)

mysterious

d)

main

6.

The story centers around a (a)   character.

7.

Minor characters help (a)   the plot forward.

8.

Main characters are usually (a)   ; they change as the story goes on.

9.

Minor characters are mostly (a)   ; they don't change during the story.

10.

What is the plot?

a)

the sequence of events of a story

b)

what the story is about

c)

the people who are in the story

d)

the author's message

11.

The (a)   sets the stage for the story and comes at the very beginning.

12.

What is suspense?

a)

boredom

b)

interest

c)

hatred

d)

worry

13.

What is the conflict?

a)

the main event of the story

b)

the ending of the story

c)

the problem in the story

d)

the highest point of suspense

14.

The (a)   is the end of the story when loose ends are tied up and questions are answered.

15.

What happens during the complications/rising action?

a)

the conflict gets more intense

b)

the conflict reaches its highest point of suspense

c)

the beginning of the story that introduces the characters

d)

the time and place of the story

16.

What is the climax?

a)

the end of the story

b)

the beginning of the story

c)

the problem in the story

d)

the highest point of suspense in the story

17.

Which comes first--the climax or the exposition?

a)

climax

b)

exposition

18.

Which comes first--the complications or the resolution?

a)

complications

b)

resolution

19.

Which comes first--the conflict or the complications?

a)

conflict

b)

complications

20.

Which comes first--the conflict or the resolution?

a)

conflict

b)

resolution

21.

What is a theme?

a)

the author's message

b)

an idea that runs through a story

c)

the events in the story

d)

the time and place of a story