Plot Structure
Which statement best defines resolution?
a. the main events in a story
b. the concluding action in a story where the problem is solved
c. the most exciting part of a story
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
b. the concluding action in a story where the problem is solved
Which statement best defines exposition?
a. the main events in a story
b. the problem that needs to be solved in a story
c. the most exciting part of a story
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
Evidence in a text can best be described as __________________.
a. the lesson or moral of a story
b. parts of a play, movie, book, etc.
c. a difficult situation that a character must overcome
d. a direct quote from the passage that explains your answer
d. a direct quote from the passage that explains your answer
Which sentence is written in second person point of view?
a. Dory felt a sinking feeling in his stomach, and he knew the avalanche was on him.
b. When the snow started sliding, you turned awkwardly and tried to run in your clumsy snowshoes.
c. Dory, Sarah and Ted were afraid of the avalanche that was quickly approaching.
d. Ted was trapped up to his neck in cold, hard snow. He couldn't move.
b. When the snow started sliding, you turned awkwardly and tried to run in your clumsy snowshoes.
What is a metaphor?
a. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
b. A comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another.
c. An exaggeration that can’t possibly be true.
d. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
e. A group of words whose meaning isn’t understood from their literal meaning.
b. A comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another.
The climax of a story or passage is...
a. The opening of a short story where the conflict is introduced.
b. How the story conflict is resolved and ties up loose ends from the story.
c. When the action of the story winds down and the conflict lessens.
d. The point of highest interest; point at which the reader makes the greatest emotional response.
d. The point of highest interest; point at which the reader makes the greatest emotional response.
A theme is ____________________.
a. parts of a play, movie, book, etc.
b. a play performed for radio, theater, or television
c. the lesson or moral of the story
d. a difficult situation that a character must overcome
c. the lesson or moral of the story
An inference is _____________________.
a. a statement that sums up the whole topic
b. a statement that sums up what happened at the beginning of the story
c. a statement that sums up what happened at the middle of the story
d. a statement that is an educated guess or conclusion based on evidence from the text
d. a statement that is an educated guess or conclusion based on evidence from the text
What is the point of view of a story?
a. The action or sequence of related events that make up a short story.
b. What the passage is mainly about.
c. Knowledge gained from previous experiences.
d. The perspective from which a story is told.
d. The perspective from which a story is told.
Which is an example of a simile?
a. The new baby was a bundle of joy.
b. My brothers are as loud as cymbals banging together.
c. Something fishy is going on here.
d. It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.
e. The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to the bus.
b. My brothers are as loud as cymbals banging together.
Which statement best defines conflict?
a. the main events in a story
b. the problem that needs to be solved in a story
c. the most exciting part of a story
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
b. the problem that needs to be solved in a story
A challenge is ____________________.
a. parts of a play, movie, book, etc.
b. a play performed for radio, theater, or television
c. the lesson or moral of the story
d. a difficult situation that a character must overcome
d. a difficult situation that a character must overcome
Which is an example of evidence in a text?
a. I think the man is upset.
b. The text states, "the man turned around and looked at the driver angrily".
c. The man is late for work.
d. I would be mad if I were running late for school.
b. The text states, "the man turned around and looked at the driver angrily".
Which statement best defines first person point of view?
a. the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character
b. the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character
c. a story that is told from the narrator’s point of view using the word “I”
c. a story that is told from the narrator’s point of view using the word “I”
What is personification?
a. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
b. A comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another.
c. An exaggeration that can’t possibly be true.
d. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
e. A group of words whose meaning isn’t understood from their literal meaning.
d. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Which statement best defines falling action?
a. the main events following the background information of the text including character and setting
b. the events following the climax of the story; the actions in the story lessen
c. the most exciting part of a story
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
b. the events following the climax of the story; the actions in the story lessen
What is a sequence?
a. The order of events as they occurred in a story.
b. An educated guess explaining what will happen.
c. The relationship between why something happened and what happened.
a. The order of events as they occurred in a story.
What is a genre?
a. the type of story
b. the subject of a story
c. the main idea or topic of a story
d. a type of poem
a. the type of story
Which statement best defines third person limited point of view?
a. the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character
b. the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character
c. a story that is told from the narrator’s point of view using the word “I”
a. the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character
Which is an example of an hyperbole?
a. The new baby was a bundle of joy.
b. My brothers are as loud as cymbals banging together.
c. Something fishy is going on here.
d. It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.
e. The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to the bus.
d. It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.
Which statement best defines rising action?
a. the events in the story increase and the plot begins to unfold
b. the events following the climax of the story; the actions in the story lessen
c. the most exciting part of a story
d. the background information in a text including character and setting
a. the events in the story increase and the plot begins to unfold
A scene is ____________________.
a. a part of a play, movie, book, etc.
b. a play performed for radio, theater, or television
c. the lesson or moral of the story
d. a difficult situation that a character must overcome
a. a part of a play, movie, book, etc.
What is the difference between evidence and an inference?
Evidence comes directly from the text. An inference is when you use your prior knowledge to figure out something about the text.
Which sentence is written in third person omniscient point of view?
a. Dory felt a sinking feeling in his stomach, and he knew the avalanche was on him.
b. When the snow started sliding, I turned awkwardly and tried to run in my clumsy snowshoes.
c. Dory, Sarah and Ted were afraid of the avalanche that was quickly approaching.
d. I was trapped up to my neck in cold, hard snow. I couldn't move.
c. Dory, Sarah and Ted were afraid of the avalanche that was quickly approaching.
Which answer best finishes the cause and effect statement? I practiced my multiplication facts all summer _________________.
a. therefore, I was late to my first math class of the year.
b. therefore, I was very good at my addition facts.
c. therefore, I was the first to finish my multiplication facts test.
d. therefore, I had to stay in at recess
c. therefore, I was the first to finish my multiplication facts test.
Extra points if you can explain why