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Reading Fictional Terms

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the time and place of the action in a story or play called?
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Symbol
d)
Theme
2.

True or false: Setting can influence the plot of a novel or short story.

a)

True

b)

False

3.
Universal message the story conveys in a novel or short story.
a)
Theme
b)
Main idea
c)
Exposition
d)
Author's  purpose
4.

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

a)

Conflict

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

5.

A struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

a)

Resolution

b)

Conflict

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

6.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

a)

Conflict

b)

Mood

c)

Plot

d)

Metaphor

7.

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

a)

Rising Action

b)

Exposition

c)

Falling Action

d)

Conflict

8.

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

a)

Falling Action

b)

Rising Action

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

9.

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

a)

Conflict

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Setting

10.

Sequence of events in a story

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

11.

The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

External Conflict

12.

The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.

a)

External Conflict

b)

Tone

c)

Internal Conflict

d)

Mood

13.

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

a)

Conflict

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

14.

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

a)

Rising Action

b)

Exposition

c)

Falling Action

d)

Conflict

15.

What is the term for the main character in a story, often facing the central conflict?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Foil

d)

Supporting Character

16.

What is the term for the turning point in a story?

a)

Resolution

b)

Climax

c)

Exposition

d)

Conflict

17.

The person or force working against the hero.

a)

Villian

b)

Antagonist

c)

External conflict

d)

protagonist

18.

Add the labels to the diagram.

19.

The _ can influence the mood of the story.

(a)  

20.

What type of conflict is this?

a)

person v nature

b)

person v self

c)

person v technology

d)

person v person

21.

How does the setting affect the plot?

a)

The setting does not matter.

b)

It helps create the mood.

c)

The setting is not important in the plot.

d)

It help you know who is in the story.

22.

Which of the following is example of person v society (choose all that are correct).

a)

Two boxers in a ring.

b)

A man rafting down a class 3 river.

c)

A student getting dress coded at school.

d)

A person in trouble with her boss.

23.

Match the following

a)

a conflict that exists between a character and an external force

1.

external conflict

b)

the speaker who tells the story

2.

narrator

c)

the opening of a story; characters, setting and conflict are introduced

3.

exposition

d)

events following the climax of a story; loose ends are tied up here

4.

falling action

e)

end of a story, conflict is solved

5.

resolution