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Unit 1 Review: Plot Structure

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sequence of events that make up a story is called ____________.

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

2.
Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.
a)
tone and place
b)
time and place
c)
tone and plot
d)
time and plot
3.
The central idea or lesson to be learned in a story
a)
Plot
b)
Exposition
c)
Theme
d)
Short Story
4.
The struggle or problem in a story
a)
Exposition
b)
Resolution
c)
Conflict
d)
Antagonist
5.
What is the purpose of point of view?
a)
to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
b)
to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
c)
to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
d)
to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know
6.
The people or animals that take part in the action of a story are called ________________.
a)
Characters
b)
Plot
c)
Setting
d)
Author
7.

Setting is the ___________________ of the action of the story.

a)

Problem

b)

Solution

c)

time and place

d)

plot

8.
A series of main events that leads to the climax. 
a)
Exposition
b)
Climax
c)
Falling Action
d)
`Rising Action
9.
The story's conclusion. The outcome of the conflict. 
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
10.
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.
11.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.
b)
The author is addressing the reader.
c)
The narrator is not in the story.
d)
Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.
12.
Which point of view is the following:
"There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair."
from Divergent by Veronica Roth
a)
second
b)
first
c)
third person
13.
Point of view is...
a)
the author's opinion
b)
who the narrator is
c)
the vantage point, or perspective of a story
d)
the reader's opinion or perspective
14.
What POV is this passage?
Joey comes over to his friend's house. As he steps in, he sees Jack sitting on the stairs.
a)
Second Person
b)
First Person
c)
Third Person
15.
A struggle or problem happening to the main character in the story. 
a)
Issue
b)
Conflict
c)
Solution
d)
Resolution
16.
Characters are introduced here.
a)
Exposition
b)
Inciting Incident
c)
Rising Action
d)
Resolution
17.
The main point of the story where the character usually changes in some way.
a)
Climax
b)
Resolution
c)
Conflict
d)
Character
18.
The most exciting part of the story, the turning point.
a)
Conflict
b)
Climax
c)
Characters
d)
Resolution
19.

What happens after the climax, but before the resolution

a)

falling action

b)

plot

c)

climax

d)

theme

20.

A brief introduction of the setting, characters, this part exposes the opening situation.

a)

Rising Action

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

21.

The turning point of the conflict--the story changes because of how the conflict is affected.

a)

Expostion

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

22.

The sequence of events that make up a story is called ____________.

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

23.

A conflict is introduced and suspense built

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

24.

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

a)

Conflict

b)

Setting

c)

Exposition

d)

Inciting Incident

25.

the third part of the plot; a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results or the most intense, exciting, or important point of something

a)

Resolution

b)

Antagonist

c)

Story Elements

d)

Climax

26.

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

a)

Falling Action

b)

Rising Action

c)

Main Character

d)

Point of View

27.

A struggle between opposing forces

a)

Conflict

b)

Point of View

c)

Main Character

d)

Protagonist

28.

the most important character in a story, poem, or play

a)

Setting

b)

Main Character

c)

Climax

d)

Conflict

29.

event that introduces the central conflict

a)

Inciting Incident

b)

Setting

c)

Protagonist

d)

Antagonist

30.

Where the story takes place

a)

Setting

b)

Place

c)

Conflict

d)

Rising Action

31.

The main character

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

First Person

d)

Resolution

32.

A character or force in conflict with the main character

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

33.

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

a)

Exposition

b)

Resolution

c)

Story Elements

d)

Climax

34.
What is the definition of 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
35.
Choose the two words that best complete the sentence.
During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.
a)
characters, setting
b)
characters, falling action 
c)
climax, conflict 
d)
conflict, resolution
36.
The exposition 
a)
happens at the beginning of a story
b)
happens at the middle of a story
c)
happens at the end of a story
d)
is another name for climax
37.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
38.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
39.
The story's time and place is
a)
tone
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
voice
40.
... and they all lived happily ever after.
This is an example of the 
a)
rising action
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
41.
The person who tells the story is the 
a)
character
b)
setting
c)
point of view
d)
narrator
42.
What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?
a)
resolution
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
exposition