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8th ELA Unit 1 Content Voc

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are an example of different character types?

a)

Exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, and resolution

b)

Dynamic character, static character, protagonist, and antagonist

c)

Internal conflicts, external conflicts, and motivations

d)

Setting, plot, conflicts, and character motivations

2.

What is the definition of setting?

a)

the time and place of a story

b)

where and how the events take place in the story

c)

when and to what extent the events take place in a story

d)

the motives behind a character's actions in a story

3.

Why is setting important to a story?

a)

It explains the conflict of the story.

b)

It sets the mood and gives the context for the characters' actions in the story.

c)

It helps predict the ending of the story.

d)

It resolves the conflict between the characters.

4.

When identifying the setting of a story, you should be naming two parts. Which of these would be an incomplete setting?

a)

Los Angeles, California

b)

Philadelphia, the 1950s

c)

London, England, Present Day

d)

Ethiopia, the 1800s

5.

Which of these would be a setting for a science fiction story?

a)

New York City, the 1980s

b)

Amazon rainforest; 1500 AD

c)

Mars colony; year 3024

d)

Iceland; present day

6.

Identify what is being described below:

It is is a struggle between opposing forces.

a)

Conflict

b)

Characters

c)

Resolution

d)

Climax

7.

Rosa Parks struggles against racism and discrimination in the Jim Crow South. What type of conflict is shown here?

a)

Character vs. Fates/Gods

b)

Character vs. Self

c)

Character vs. Society

d)

Character vs. Technology

8.

Tom Hanks' character in Castaway is stranded on a deserted island during a storm. What type of conflict is shown here?

a)

Character vs. Nature

b)

Character vs. Fate/Gods

c)

Character vs. Character

d)

Character vs. Supernatural

9.

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

a)

Conflict

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

10.

The term for the events that make up a story

a)

Conflict

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Theme

e)

Plot

11.

Writers use dialogue and events in a story to...

a)

provoke a decision

b)

propel the action in a story or move the plot forward

c)

reveal aspects of a character

d)

all of the above

12.

What is dialogue?

a)

Conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie

b)

Descriptions of characters and the setting in a story

c)

Repetition of the same sound or word

13.

What is theme?

a)

Message about life that the author expresses

b)

Sequence of events

c)

Main events

d)

Time, location, and mood of a story

14.

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

a)

Your past does not define you.

b)

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

c)

Returning home after a long time.

d)

An old man who used to be a farmer.

15.

What does theme add to a story?

a)

A sense of location

b)

Motivation for the characters

c)

An important message

d)

Dialogue for the characters

16.

Themes are universal because...

a)

all humans share common experiences

b)

the entire universe enjoys them

c)

authors add them to make the writing more interesting

d)

the stories go on forever