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Recounting Fables

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a setting?

a)

The setting is the arrangement of events in a story.

b)

A setting is where a story or event takes place.

c)

A dilemma or concerning issue

d)

Solution

2.

What does it mean to retell a story?

a)

to tell about the characters

b)

to tell about the characters and the setting

c)

to tell about the characters, setting and the events

d)

to ask questions about the text

3.

What is a make believe story called?

a)

fiction

b)

moral

4.

What is one name of a story that has been passed down for many years?

a)

fiction

b)

folk-tale

5.

What does it mean to tell the events that happened from the beginning, middle, and end of the story?

a)

recount

b)

central message

6.

What is it called when you tell what happened in the story in your own words?

a)

retell

b)

imaginary

7.
What is the best description of the setting? 
a)
where and when the story takes place, introduced during the denouement 
b)
where and when the story takes place, introduced during the exposition
c)
When the story takes place
d)
Where the story takes place
8.
What is the definition of plot?
a)
The lesson in the story
b)
The sequence of events in the story
c)
The turning point of the story
d)
The conflict in the story
9.
The story's time and place is called the....
a)
tone
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
voice
10.

What is a character?

a)

A problem in the story.

b)

A person, or animal that plays a role in the story. There is a main character and secondary characters.

c)

The time and place that the story takes place.

d)

The events that occur within the story including a problem and resolution.

11.
What kind of story is a fable?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
12.
Normally fables have _______ as characters?
a)
children
b)
bugs
c)
animals
d)
teachers
13.
Fables ____________.
a)
teach us a lesson
b)
are non-fiction stories
c)
tell a funny story
d)
show us how to draw
14.

What is something that helps a person to learn?

a)

lesson

b)

fiction

15.

What is an important lesson about life?

a)

moral

b)

event

16.

What is one name of a story that has been passed down for many years?

a)

fiction

b)

folk-tale

17.
An important person or animal in the story.
a)
Setting
b)
Fable
c)
Moral
d)
Character
18.

What is a myth?

a)

A nonfiction story that shares facts and takes place in the present

b)

A fictional story that takes place in the past and includes Gods, Goddesses, and magical creatures

c)

A story about animals, friends, and family with real events

19.

Are myths fiction or nonfiction texts?

a)

Fiction

b)

Nonfiction

20.

True or False: myths sometimes teach a lesson.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What kinds of characters can appear in a myth? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Gods

b)

Goddesses

c)

Heroes

d)

Talking animals

22.

When do myths take place?

a)

Future

b)

past

c)

present