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Identifying Plot Elements

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word describes what happens in a story?

a)

Ending

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Setting

2.

When do you usually meet main characters?

a)

In the end

b)

During the conflict

c)

In the solution

d)

In the exposition

3.

Which story’s plot is MOST LIKELY about a character facing nature?

a)

"Avery and the Desert"

b)

"The Secret House"

c)

"The Loud Neighbor"

d)

"Levi finds a Friend"

4.

The events in the plot usually build up to an important event called a CLIMAX. What is a CLIMAX?

a)

the time and place the story happens

b)

the most exciting point in the story

c)

the people or animals in the story

d)

the lesson or moral taught in the story

5.

Which part of a story's plot introduces the characters, setting, and central conflict?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

6.

Which part of a story's plot builds or complicates the central conflict?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

7.

Which part of a story's plot shows the point of greatest tension and/or marks a turning point?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

8.

Which part of a story's plot describes the effects of the climax?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

9.

Which part of a story's plot shows the final outcome?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

10.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following fits into the exposition?

a)

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

b)

Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

c)

The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

d)

With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

e)

The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!

11.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following fits into the rising action?

a)

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

b)

Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

c)

The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

d)

With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

e)

The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!

12.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following identifies the climax?

a)

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

b)

Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

c)

The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

d)

With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

e)

The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!

13.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following fits into the falling action?

a)

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

b)

Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

c)

The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

d)

With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

e)

The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!

14.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following identifies the resolution?

a)

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

b)

Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

c)

The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

d)

With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

e)

The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!

15.
What is a literary plot?
a)
A piece of land where you plant stuff.
b)
A classroom where readers are grown
c)
The structure or organization of events that create a fictional text
d)
When one person is out to get another person
16.
The plot element where the author ties up all of the loose ends
a)
Climax
b)
Expostion
c)
Falling Action
d)
Resolution
17.
Which plot element does the author introduce the characters?
a)
Exposition
b)
Climax
c)
Resolution
d)
Conflict
18.
Where the greatest suspense or action takes place
a)
Exposition
b)
Climax
c)
Resolution
d)
Rising Action
19.
Actions or events that happen after the turning point in the text
a)
Climax
b)
Falling Action
c)
Resolution
d)
Rising Action
20.

Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Papa Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small. They all lived together in a little cottage in the middle of the woods. Their favorite breakfast was porridge. This information would be shared in what part of the plot?

a)

Rising action

b)

Falling action

c)

Exposition

d)

Resolution

21.

The part of the story where you can't put your book down because it is so exciting and you can't wait to find out what happens next is called?

a)

Rising action

b)

Climax

c)

Falling action

d)

Resolution

22.

And they all lived happily ever after.


This part of a story is called?

a)

Rising action

b)

Climax

c)

Falling action

d)

Resolution

23.

In a faraway land, high in the mountains there lived a beautiful princess.


This is an example of?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising action

c)

Falling action

d)

Resolution

24.

Cinderella married her prince and lived happily ever after.


This is what part of the plot?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

25.

The main character

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

First Person

d)

Resolution