Free Printable Inference/Story Elements Post

1.

Plot is:

a)

Hint/clue about what might happen later in the story

b)

A feeling of excitement of tension

c)

Describes the events happening within a story

d)

A person (or animal) in a story

2.

What is conflict?

a)

A person (or animal) in a story

b)

Time and place where the action occurs

c)

A struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story)

d)

Broad idea in a story, or a message, or lesson conveyed by a work

3.

The setting of a story is:

a)

Time and place where the action occurs

b)

Character changes by the end of the story

c)

Interrupt the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past (or future)

d)

Story is written the order the events actually occurred

4.

What is a character?

a)

A person (or animal) in a story

b)

When a story leaves the reader in suspense

c)

A feeling of excitement of tension

d)

Story is written the order the events actually occurred

5.

Which part of the plot is the most exciting, “highest” point of the story?

a)

Exposition

b)

Resolution

c)

Rising Action

d)

Climax

6.

What type of character is seen as the main character or focus of the story?

a)

Subordinate

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Static

7.

The problem or situation the characters face is called the...

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

conflict

d)

resolution

8.

The way that the conflict or problem is solved is the __________ of the story.

a)

setting

b)

conflict

c)

resolution

d)

theme

9.

The message or lesson learned is the ____________ of the story.

a)

setting

b)

character

c)

conflict

d)

theme

10.

The reason the author writes the story is called the...

a)

author's purpose

b)

setting

c)

theme

d)

main idea

11.

What the selection is mostly about is called the...

a)

theme

b)

character

c)

main idea

d)

lesson learned

12.

The narrator is the person who...

a)

wrote the story

b)

tells the story

c)

reads the story

13.

The ending of a story where the outcome is revealed

a)

Characters

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

14.

The part in the story that starts to bring the story to a close

a)

Setting

b)

Falling Action

c)

Resolution

d)

Force

15.

This part of a story is where the conflict takes place and it leads up to the character having to make a decision about the problem

a)

Internal Forces

b)

Climax

c)

Rising Action

d)

Falling Action

16.

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

a)

exposition

b)

conflict

c)

climax

d)

rising action

17.

The beginning of a narrative that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

a)

setting

b)

resolution

c)

exposition

d)

conflict

18.

Evidence stated directly from the text.

a)

Implicit Evidence

b)

Explicit Evidence

c)

Ominous

d)

Infer

19.

Explicit information is something I know is happening.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Details that are stated directly in the text.

This is the definition of which term?

a)

Explicit

b)

Implicit

21.

Details are not stated directly. The reader must infer the meaning.
This is the definition for which term?

a)

Explicit

b)

Implicit

22.

Explicit is:

a)

When the answer is obvious in the text

b)

When the answer isn't in the text at all

c)

When the answer is implied in the text

d)

When the narrator is in first person

23.

When reading a book, the information that is not said directly in the story, but the author wants you to know must be _______.

a)

argued

b)

inferred

c)

summarized

d)

explicit

24.

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

With whom is Michael living?

a)

Jacko and Toby

b)

The Jonas Brothers

c)

Michael and Toby

d)

Jacko and Michael

25.

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

Which of the following would be considered explicit textual evidence?

a)

Michael and Toby were cold

b)

"...the sky looked gray and dirty"

c)

Michael was trying to sleep

d)

Toby is Michael's brother

26.

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

What can you infer about the place they are living?

a)

it is bright and colorful

b)

it is dull and uncared for

c)

it is happy and clean

d)

it is brand new

27.

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

Which evidence best support that the place Michael, Toby and Jacko are living is dull and uncared for?

a)

"...Toby was awake as well."

b)

"...cracked glass of the curtainless window..."

c)

"Michael woke up with a start."

d)

"A shouting of voices."

28.

Read the following novel excerpt and answer the question.

It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the human speckled horizon bright and keen.

She hadn't meant to come down onto the busy beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the crowded street, till she could walk home from her school in peace without any nosy bystanders staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

Where is the beach?

a)

in a small town

b)

in a mountain village

c)

in a city suburb

d)

on a deserted coast

29.

Read the following novel excerpt and answer the question.

It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the human speckled horizon bright and keen.

She hadn't meant to come down onto the busy beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the crowded street, till she could walk home from her school in peace without any nosy bystanders staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

How do you think Emily feels?

a)

excited

b)

unhappy

c)

happy

d)

sympathetic

30.

Read the following novel excerpt and answer the question.

It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the human speckled horizon bright and keen.

She hadn't meant to come down onto the busy beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the crowded street, till she could walk home from her school in peace without any nosy bystanders staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

Based on the text, what can you infer about Emily?

a)

She is ready to party on the beach

b)

She is on vacation

c)

She wants to be left alone

d)

She wants to go swimming

31.

___________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

tone

d)

mood

32.

Author's set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ____________.

a)

word choice

b)

space

c)

tone

d)

graphics

33.

looking on

the bright side, seeing the best in a situation

a)

optimist

b)

pessimist

c)

sympathetic

d)

apprentice

34.

someone who looks on the bad side.

a)

pessimist

b)

optimist

c)

apprentice

d)

vocabulary

35.

making demands and insulting others

a)

Passive

b)

Passive-Aggressive

c)

Aggressive

d)

Assertive

36.

A _______ is a struggle that a character has to work through or solve.

a)

conflict

b)

sequence

c)

climax

d)

solution

37.

Someone who can be very extreme or passionate about something

a)

Calm

b)

Intense

c)

Sensitive

38.

uncomfortable; not sure what to do or say

a)

indicate

b)

garment

c)

awkward

d)

conspicuous

Inference/Story Elements Post

Total questions: 38

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