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Notgrass Lit EA Analysis vocab storyline

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a piece of fiction, _______ is the main storyline that goes through out the work. Eg. The main story of Scarlett Letter is the life of an adulterous woman, her child and lover living in Puritanical times and the punishments they received.

a)

Plot

b)

Climax

c)

Exposition

d)

Inciting incident

2.

True or False. Fiction are actual events that happen and aren’t imagined narrated prose like a novel or a short story. Eg. The narrative of David Crockett is Fiction

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Gustav Freytag used a typical pattern of plot development in Greek and Shakespearean dramas. Now, it is found in most fictional literature. From start to finish, what is the order in which the pattern occurs?

a)

Exposition

Inciting Incident

Rising Action

Falling Action

Climax

Resolution

Denouement

b)

Rising Action

Exposition

Inciting Incident

Climax

Falling Action

Denouement

Resolution

c)

Denouement

Exposition

Inciting Incident

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

d)

Exposition

Inciting Incident

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Denouement

4.

A narrative hook is an event or description that gets you interested in the story and wanting to read more. This is usually part of what part of plot development of a story?

a)

Inciting incident

b)

Exposition

c)

Rising Action

d)

Climax

5.

Many works of literature do not stick to Gustav Freytag’s Pyramid of plot development, so what key question should the reader ask?

a)

What character is the worst one in the story?

b)

What time period is the book set?

c)

What is the Conflict?

d)

Who is the author?

6.

What describes the time, place, and social environment of a story?

a)

Archetypes

b)

Foreshadowings

c)

Flashbacks

d)

Setting

7.

__________ are typical or standard plot elements. Eg. Loss of innocence, initiation into a new situation, character on a quest.

a)

Structure

b)

Archetypes

c)

Flashbacks

d)

Foreshadowings

8.

A narrative is a piece of work where there are several lines of conflict in a work and they are interwoven into a story. A straight chronological narrative is simplest, because it _____________________.

a)

Tells a story straight from a beginning time to an ending time in order.

b)

Tells a story with timely flashbacks and Foreshadowings.

c)

Has settings in different timelines.

d)

Always involves a hero that wins the day.

9.

Inciting incidents are when the author _________________ for example, when David would skip school, he would would make sure to go in and come back with his brothers to hide the fact he was being absent.

a)

Got the story moving

b)

Writes an event that the main issue is resolved

c)

Finishes out and ties up the ending details of the story

d)

Writes about the events that occur as a result of the climax.

10.

The Denouement is the _________.

a)

Got the story moving

b)

Writes an event that the main issue is resolved

c)

Finishes out and ties up the ending details of the story

d)

Writes about the events that occur as a result of the climax.

11.

The Resolution is when the author_______.

a)

Got the story moving

b)

Writes an event that the main issue is resolved

c)

Finishes out and ties up the ending details of the story

d)

Writes about the events that occur as a result of the climax.

12.

The Falling action is when the author __________.

a)

Got the story moving

b)

Writes an event that the main issue is resolved

c)

Finishes out and ties up the ending details of the story

d)

Writes about the events that occur as a result of the climax.

13.

Which is the best definition of exposition:

a)

Building drama; each significant event is called a complication

b)

The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.

c)

Laying out the situation and the background, introducing the characters.

14.

Which is the best definition of climax:

a)

Building drama; each significant event is called a complication

b)

The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.

c)

Laying out the situation and the background, introducing the characters.

15.

Which is the best definition of Rising Action:

a)

Building drama; each significant event is called a complication

b)

The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.

c)

Laying out the situation and the background, introducing the characters.