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Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Exposition

a)

Setting and background info

b)

Turning point

c)

The end

d)

Events after the climax

2.

Rising Action

a)

Events leading to the climax

b)

Events after the climax

c)

Setting and background

d)

Point that hooks the reader's attention

3.

Climax

a)

Events leading to the resolution

b)

Point that grabs the reader's attention

c)

Turning point where the protagonist makes a tough decision

d)

All conflicts are resolved and the story is over

4.

The highest point of tension in a plot is the

a)

Climax

b)

Conflict

c)

Plot

d)

Inciting Incident

e)

Exposition

5.

The problem or struggle is the

a)

Resolution

b)

Theme

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

e)

Climax

6.

Complications are added during the

a)

Conflict

b)

Rising Action

c)

Narration

d)

Climax

e)

Falling Action

7.

The part of the plot that introduces the setting is the

a)

Climax

b)

Resolution

c)

Inciting Incident

d)

Theme

e)

Exposition

8.

The term for the events that make up a story

a)

Conflict

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Theme

e)

Plot

9.

The conflict is introduced during the

a)

Inciting Incident

b)

Climax

c)

Resolution

d)

Falling Action

e)

Plot

10.

If a character is struggling with a difficult decision, the conflict is

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Self

c)

Rising Action

d)

Theme

e)

Conflict

11.

What is the purpose of the inciting incident?

a)

It sets the rising action in motion.

b)

It includes background information on the characters.

c)

It concludes the conflict.

d)

It is an observation about life that the author is sharing with readers.

e)

It shows what happens to the characters at the end of the story.

12.

What is the purpose of the falling action?

a)

It sets the plot in motion.

b)

The characters and setting are being introduced.

c)

The events start to build toward a climax.

d)

Loose ends are being tied up and the conflict is being resolved.

13.

The ending of a plot is called the

a)

Climax

b)

Conflict

c)

Rising Action

d)

Theme

e)

Resolution

14.

The time and location in which a story takes place:

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Conflict

d)

Characterization

15.

What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Narrator

16.

What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Conflict

17.

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

a)

Setting

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Rising action

18.
The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?
a)
resolution
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
exposition
20.
What is the definition of plot?
a)
The lesson in the story
b)
The sequence of events in the story
c)
The turning point of the story
d)
The conflict in the story
21.
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
22.

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

23.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
24.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
25.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
26.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
27.
Suspense and tension starts to build during the....
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution 
28.
What is conflict?
a)
a struggle between two forces
b)
The time and location in which a story takes place 
c)
how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea
d)
The person in a work of fiction