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Story Plot Structure - GHMS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story?

a)

Introduction

b)

Rising action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling action

2.

Which list shows the plot structure in the correct order?

a)

Exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution

b)

Falling action, rising action, exposition, climax, resolution

c)

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

d)

Rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, exposition

3.

The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ___?

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Conflict

d)

Action

4.

What is the classic fairy tale ending?

a)

Once upon a time

b)

The end… or is it?

c)

The story is about a family

d)

And they lived happily ever after

5.

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

a)

Falling action

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Rising action

6.

True or False; rising action is usually the most boring part of a story.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which part of a story is represented by the letter A?

a)

Rising action

b)

Climax

c)

Resolution

d)

Exposition

8.

What is the climax?

a)

The beginning of the story

b)

The major turning point of the story

c)

The point when the conflict is resolved

d)

The struggle between two characters

9.

Which part of the story is represented by the letter C?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

10.

The story’s time and place is know as the ____?

a)

Plot

b)

Conflict

c)

Setting

d)

Location

11.

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

a)

Falling Action

b)

Rising Action

c)

Main Character

d)

Point of View

12.

A struggle between opposing forces

a)

Conflict

b)

Point of View

c)

Main Character

d)

Protagonist

13.

The main character of a story is the...

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

First Person

d)

Conflict

14.

Which part of the story is represented by the blue rectangle?

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

15.

What is plot structure?

a)

Background information

b)

Sequence of events in a story

c)

Conversation between characters

d)

The lesson or message in a story

16.

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

a)

human vs society

b)

human vs self

c)

human vs human

d)

human vs nature

17.

What is the perspective from which a story is told called? 

a)

1st person 

b)

point of view 

c)

3rd person limited 

d)

3rd person omniscient 

18.
What is the story's main idea or message? 
a)
theme 
b)
mood 
c)
conflict 
d)
static character 
19.

The Very First part of the plot

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Rising Action

d)

Plot

20.

In literature, what is conflict?

a)

A negotiated, legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action.

b)

The dramatic struggle between two forces in a story.

c)

To overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force.

d)

A military branch that conducts space warfare.