WorksheetsREADING: TEST: Short Story Elements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
climax
2.
2. This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.
a)
resolution
b)
exposition
c)
climax
d)
falling action
3.
3. The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are revealed.
a)
falling action
b)
exposition
c)
rising action
d)
resolution
4.
4. The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.
a)
resolution
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
climax
5.
5. This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed
a)
exposition
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
rising action
6.
6. The time and location in which a story takes place.
a)
theme
b)
setting
c)
plot
d)
conflict
7.
7. A struggle with a force outside one's self.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
8.
8. A struggle within one's self.
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
9.
9. One character is clearly central to the story with all major events having some importance to this character.
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
10.
10. The opposer of the main character.
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
11.
11. What type of characterization is used in the following sentence? Sally is tall.
a)
indirect characterization
b)
direct characterization
12.
12. What type of characterization is used in the following sentence? Sally is the only person in the class that can reach the top shelf.
a)
indirect characterization
b)
direct characterization
13.
13. The sequence of events in a story.
a)
setting
b)
plot
c)
climax
d)
conflict
14.
14. The controlling idea or central insight of a story. It is the moral or lesson learned while reading.
a)
plot
b)
climax
c)
theme
d)
setting
15.
15. Which one is an internal conflict?
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. society
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