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Plot Elements

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does PLOT mean?

a)

a sequence of events in a story

b)

a problem between two characters

c)

the lesson the reader understands

d)

story events in random order

2.

What graphic organizer best represents a story's plot?

a)

a Venn diagram

b)

a T chart

c)

a bubble map

d)

a mountain

3.

What is a PROtagonist?

a)

Main character or hero

b)

Person who opposes the hero

c)

The narrator

d)

The audience

4.

What is an ANTAgonist?

a)

Main character or hero

b)

Person who opposes the hero

c)

The narrator

d)

The audience

5.

What is the EXPOSITION of a story's plot?

a)

the most exciting part

b)

the beginning; characters & setting are introduced

c)

the problem that starts the story's action

d)

when problems are solved

6.

What is the RISING ACTION in a story's plot?

a)

the most exciting part; the turning point

b)

the beginning where characters & setting are introduced

c)

conflict that starts events leading to the turning point

d)

when problems are solved

7.

What are characters?

a)

the people or animals in a story

b)

symbols like emojis

c)

the time and place of a story

d)

a force that works against the protagonist

8.

What is the SETTING?

a)

the people or animals in a story

b)

the time and place of events

c)

the problem or challenge

d)

the lesson a reader understands

9.

What is the climax of a story's plot?

a)

conflicts that start the series of events

b)

the moral of the story

c)

most exciting part; the turning point

d)

where characters and setting are introduced

10.

After the climax, problems start to be solved in the . . .

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

climax

d)

exposition

11.

The ending, when the major conflict has been wrapped up and the reader understands the theme is the . . .

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

12.

The lesson a reader understands when the plot ends...

a)

conflict

b)

theme

c)

climax

d)

setting

13.

What is the right order of a plot diagram?

a)

Exposition, Resolution, Climax, Rising action, Falling action

b)

Resolution, Climax, Exposition, Rising action, Falling action

c)

Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution