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Story Writing

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What element of a short story might be described as the 'series of related events'?

a)

Character

b)

Conflict

c)

Plot

d)

Climax

2.

Only people can be characters in a story.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

If I told you this short story takes place in a jungle on a mysterious island sometime in the 1930s/1940s involving an eccentric hunter, I would be describing what aspect of the story?

a)

Setting

b)

Character

c)

Plot

d)

Conflict

4.

Which is the correct term for what could be described as the "turning point of the story"?

a)

Resolution

b)

Falling action

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

5.

The problem of the plot is also known as which short story element?

a)

Theme

b)

Conflict

c)

Exposition

d)

Theme

6.

What is the purpose of the short story's title?

a)

To inform readers of story content

b)

To create curiosity

c)

All Of The Above

7.

What is the sequence of events in a story, play or novel?

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Conflict

8.

Which of the following is not an ‘Element of a Story’?

a)

Chapter

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Setting

9.

Which of the following could be a setting for a story?

a)

A king and a queen

b)

Honesty is the best policy

c)

A faraway castle

d)

A wicked witch puts a curse on a princess

10.

‘He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache.’ What is element of story is this an example of?

a)

Setting

b)

Character

c)

Plot

d)

Theme

11.

Dust coated every last surface. He ran his finger across the rows of books, the span of tables, and the wide window frames. It came up black. What is element of story is this an example of?

a)

Setting

b)

Character

c)

Theme

d)

Plot

12.

A story’s main topic or central idea can be about ‘love’, ‘friendship’, ‘family’, ‘revenge’ or ‘loneliness’. What are these examples of?

a)

Exposition

b)

Theme

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution