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Theme, Setting, Plot, Character, and Conflict

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the climax?

a)

The turning point of the story

b)

The struggle between two characters

c)

The beginning of the story

d)

The point when the conflict is resolved

2.

Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order?

a)

Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion

b)

Rising Action, Climax, Introduction, Falling Action, Conclusion

c)

Introduction, Climax, Rising Action, Conclusion, Falling Action

d)

Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Conclusion, Falling Action

3.

Setting can give clue's about a story's _______

a)

Plot

b)

Conflict

c)

Mood

d)

All of the above

4.

If the passage below were at Lena's birthday party, what could you infer?

Lena laughed loudly. "I can't believe you did that!" she said, smiling.

a)

Lena might have received an unexpected gift

b)

Lena might be a selfish character

c)

Lena might be mad at her best friend

d)

Lena might be talking to her uncle

5.

What are traits?

a)

The struggles in the plot of a story

b)

Descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

c)

All of the events that happen in a story

d)

The places where a story happens

6.

True of False: Characters can only be humans

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is conflict?

a)

The main character in a story

b)

When and where a story takes place

c)

The feeling or emotion created by a character

d)

A struggle or problem that needs to be solved

8.

Which of the following is an example of character versus nature?

a)

Batman fought against the Joker for a long time

b)

Hamlet struggled to determine if the ghost was real or not

c)

Santiago faced the harsh sunlight and storms from his little boat on the sea

d)

Atticus Finch went against his towns views when he battled against their negative practices

9.

The theme of a story is the _________

a)

Main character

b)

Message or lesson about life that the author expresses

c)

Sequence of events

d)

Short summary of what the story is about

10.

Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

a)

Your past does not define you

b)

Returning home after a long time

c)

A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago

d)

An old man who used to be a farmer