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Plot Test (Dec 2020)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the rising actions in "The Necklace?"

a)

Buying a fur coat

b)

Borrowing a necklace

c)

Buying a new dress

d)

Walking home with a group of new friends from the party

e)

Leaving the party quickly because their coats made them look poor

2.

What happens after the climax of a story but before the resolution?

a)

Setting

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Expository

3.

Rising actions in a plot are meant to ...

a)

Build tension before the climax.

b)

Confuse the reader.

c)

Explain the conflict

d)

Show the reader the theme.

4.

Identify the 3 parts of the Exposition in a plot.

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

situation

d)

background information

e)

build tension

5.

The setting always affects the

(a)  

6.

Who or what is the antagonist in the “The Necklace?”

(a)  

7.

What would be a “spicy” theme for “The Necklace?”

a)

Greed.

b)

Don't be greedy.

c)

Madame Forestier told Mathilde that the necklace she borrowed was fake.

d)

It is important to be grateful for the things you have because pretending to be someone you aren't can have consequences.

8.

What part of speech is an action word?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

9.

What part of speech is a person, place, or a thing?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

10.

What part of speech is a describing word?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

11.

What part of speech modifies or adds to a verb?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

12.

To do something of your own free will...

a)

exult

b)

volition

c)

inscrutable

d)

incessant

13.

I have lots of shoes, but I ______ my Jimmy Choos.

a)

covet

b)

flat (noun)

c)

adorn

d)

exult

14.

To continue without stopping...

a)

incessant

b)

appalled

c)

stupefied

d)

exult

15.

My grandmother was very exultant in the audience.

a)

overjoyed with happiness

b)

angry

c)

full of sorrow, sadness

d)

pleased

16.

Which is NOT a step in dissecting the prompt?

a)

circling the prompt

b)

getting rid of all extra information

c)

turn the prompt into a question

d)

answer the question and give 2-3 reasons

e)

creating your own prompt

17.

What is the first step in dissecting the prompt?

a)

circling the prompt

b)

getting rid of all extra information

c)

turn the prompt into a question

d)

respond to the quote

18.

What is considered to be extra information?

a)

the quote in the box

b)

the words in italics (slanted)

c)

the prompt

d)

all of the above

19.

What does it mean to, "stick to the prompt?"

a)

to only write about what the prompt tells you to

b)

make up your own prompt

c)

take a position that goes against the prompt

20.

To decorate, to shower with nice things / gifts

a)

adorn

b)

appalled

c)

covet

d)

volition