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Elements of Plot

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the plot of a story?

a)

a prediction about the events of a story

b)

the series of events or action in a story

c)

the final outcome of a story

d)

the high point of a story

2.

The setting is a story's ____.

a)

time and place

b)

plot

c)

main characters

d)

tone

3.

The problem in the story is the ____.

a)

plot

b)

theme

c)

climax

d)

conflict

4.

What is the exposition of a story?

a)

A brief introduction of the characters, setting, and opening situation.

b)

The author’s message.

c)

Series of main events which lead to the climax.

d)

The turning point of the story.

5.

The rising action of the story is ____.

a)

outcome of the conflict

b)

struggle between opposing sources

c)

series of main events that lead to the climax

d)

A brief introduction of the characters, setting, and opening situation

6.

The climax of the story is the ___.

a)

The turning point of the story.

b)

Events that follow the climax. Logical result of climax.

c)

time and place.

d)

main characters.

7.

The falling action is the ____.

a)

The turning point of the story.

b)

A brief introduction of the setting, characters, and opening situation.

c)

Events that follow the climax.

d)

Outcome of the conflict.

8.

What is the outcome of the conflict called?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Theme

d)

Resolution

9.

The theme is the ____.

a)

author's message

b)

The problem in the story

c)

turning point of the story

d)

time and place

10.
Which list shows the correct order for most stories? 
a)
exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution 
b)
exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution
c)
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution 
d)
rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution
11.

A scene that interrupts the action of a story to show an event in the past is called a ____.

a)

flashback

b)

genre

c)

teleportation

d)

internal conflict

12.

Read the passage. Which plot element is shown in RED.

It was dark and creepy by the campfire where Jonas and his friends were huddled. They were telling ghost stories and trying to make each story scarier than the last. Suddenly, they heard a loud crack in the woods. "What's that?" whispered Jonas. He didn't want to admit it, but he was really scared now. He could see a large shadowy figure holding a knife. "Thought you might want to toast some marshmallows," Jonas' father quietly said as he stepped into the light of the fire. He held up a bag of marshmallows in one hand and metal skewers - not a knife - in the other. Jonas and his friends were relieved. His father taught the group how to make s'mores, and they enjoyed the rest of the night.

a)

climax

b)

conclusion

c)

falling action

d)

rising action

13.

Read to passage. Which plot element is in RED.


The wolf was frustrated that he couldn't blow down the house of the third pig, she he tried instead to get the pig by climbing through the chimney. Surprise! He fell right into a pot of water that the little pig had on for supper. "Yum!" said the little pig. The pig invited his two brothers over. They ate a delicious wolf stew for dinner and all lived happily ever after.

a)

climax

b)

conclusion

c)

introduction

d)

rising action

14.

Which part of the story is represented by the blue box?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

15.

Which part of the story is represented by the blue box?

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

16.

Which part of the story is represented by the blue box?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

17.

Which part of the story is represented by the blue box?

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

18.
Which plot element is being represented when the alien teacher saves the human boy and fixes the mess in the human's house.
a)
conflict
b)
falling action
c)
rising action
d)
resolution
19.
Which scene is part of the rising action in LIFTED?
a)
Alien-in-training doesn't know how to "lift" the human.
b)
Student alien gets so frustrated that he slides all controls back and forth.
c)
Teacher alien lets student alien fly the ship.
d)
Student alien crashes spaceship and human is left "lifted" on a giant spire in a canyon.
20.
On a cold winter day, long ago, would be an example of the _____________ of a story.
a)
Setting
b)
Characters
c)
Problem
d)
Solution