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The story Elements

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

a)

What is the author’s attitude toward the characters?

b)

Where and when does the story take place?

c)

Who are the people the story is about?

d)

Why and when did the author write the story?

2.

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

a)

cat and mouse

b)

happy and caring

c)

a middle school in 2020

d)

treat others the way you want to be treated

3.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.

a)

plot

b)

characters

c)

conflict

d)

setting

4.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.

a)

plot

b)

characters

c)

conflict

d)

setting

5.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The _____________________ is the series of events.

a)

characters

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

plot

6.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The __________________ is the time and place of the story's action.

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

theme

d)

plot

7.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The __________________ is a message about life.

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

point of view

d)

theme

8.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


A character's ________________ is his or her qualities, such as honesty.

a)

traits

b)

motives

c)

conflict

d)

plot

9.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


A character's _________________ are the reasons he or she acts, such as a desire to be liked.

a)

traits

b)

features

c)

motives

d)

names

10.

Fill in the blank with the correct story element.


The plot contains a ___________, or problem, between opposing forces.

a)

setting

b)

character

c)

conflict

d)

theme

11.
What is the conflict of a story?
a)
The time and place
b)
The main problem the character encounters
c)
The most exciting part of the story
d)
The beginning of a story
12.
What is the conflict of a story?
a)
The time and place
b)
The main problem the character encounters
c)
The most exciting part of the story
d)
The beginning of a story
13.
What is climax?
a)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
b)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
c)
The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some characters.
d)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
14.
What is falling action?
a)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
b)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
c)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
d)
The part after the climax where events are winding down.
15.
What is the resolution?
a)
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement.
b)
The end of a story where everything is resolved.
c)
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point.
d)
The beginning of the story where we learn about setting and some characters.
16.
The highest point of drama, also described as the turning point, in the story is called what?
a)
the climax
b)
the resolution
c)
the inciting incident
d)
the exposition
17.
The events that happen after the climax of the story that lead up to the end are called ____________________.
a)
inciting incident
b)
resolution
c)
characters
d)
falling action
18.

What is conflict in a story?

a)

the struggle that happens between the opposing sides in a story

b)

fights between only single characters

c)

arguments

d)

only something experienced by the antagonist

19.
What is plot in a short story?
a)
where the story happens
b)
the events that happen in order in a story
c)
the struggle in the story
d)
the narrator's role in a story