WorksheetsNarrative Elements Review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Indirect Characterization is:
When an author plainly tells you what a character is like.
When an author uses a characters speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks to tell the reader what the character is like.
None of these.
What is a character trait?
The character's name.
Words used to describe different aspects of the character.
Direct Characterization is:
When the author uses the character's speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks to tell the reader what the character is like.
When the author plainly states what the character is like.
Neither of these.
Brandon leaned back in his chair during the lecture. He was bored with the classes discussion of rock formations.
Tiffany loved when her teachers gave her creative projects. Her favorite things to do were paint, write music, play her guitar, and mold pottery.
Jake walked around the lunchroom. For every new student he saw, he stopped and said hello and gave them a fist bump.
What is considered the turning point and most intense part of the story?
climax
resolution
falling action
exposition
When does the reader learn about the characters, setting, and main conflict?
resolution
falling action
exposition
climax
When are loose ends of the plot tied up and the conflict is being resolved?
rising action
climax
falling action
exposition
When does the story come to a conclusion?
resolution
climax
rising action
falling action
What part of the story does majority of the action take place?
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
the most intense? This is usually a turning point for the main character.
Joe can't decide whether to live with his mom or his dad.
Alice can't find her phone because her brother stole it from her room.
What type of conflict is this:
Katniss Everdeen fights against the govenment of Panem
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature
Man vs. Self
What type of conflict is this:
Sam is trapped in a flooded cave and has to find his way out.
man vs nature
man vs man
man vs self
setting
when and where the story takes place.
the turning point or most intense and exciting part of a story, play or movie.
conflict
a struggle or problem a character in a story must overcome.
a related series of events in the plot of a story that build toward the point of greatest interest.
internal conflict
a character struggles with something within themselves.
when and where the story takes place
falling action
action that happens right after the climax of a story, where the tension decreases
a related series of events in the plot of a story that build toward the point of greatest interest
During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.
I?
he?
"Uh-huh," replied Kyle.
What is the point of view?
What is the point of view?
What is the point of view?
What is the point of view?
I dipped my hand in the sparkling night-lit water, cupping the warm water in my hand and throwing it at my cousin Alexi.
Sight
Sound
Taste
Touch
“Goal!!! Goal!!!” you hear on the TV…hearing the loud screams on the background.
Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
He looked swollen and a little red and purple…he had a lot of black hair. All the walls were white…He was wrapped in a white blanket and it had a red and blue stripe at the top. He looked like a burrito wrapped in it.
Touch
Smell
Sight
Sound
The road was calm, no cars would come only a few times moving through the sand. I could hear the fish jumping in and out of the water with the nooks in the bottom of the river.
Smell
Sight
Sound
Touch
Which is true about sensory details?
The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting
They describe at least one of the 5 senses
Both are true
Which of the following describes the sense of smell.
He bit into the juicy apple.
His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.
His eyes were as blue as the ocean.
He was singing like an injured cat.
