Fast and the Curious - Reading Skills 1

Which represents first person point of view?

• The narrator is not a character in the story. Signal words: he, she, they, them

• You are a character in the story. Signal word: you

• The narrator is a person in the story. Signal words: I, me, and my

Which represents the third person point of view?

• The narrator is not a character in the story. Signal words: he, she, they, them

• You are a character in the story. Signal word: you

• The narrator is a person in the story. Signal words: I, me, and my

Which represents the second person point of view?

• The narrator is not a character in the story. Signal words: he, she, they, them

• You are a character in the story. Signal word: you

• The narrator is a person in the story. Signal words: I, me, and my

What is the exposition in the plot of a fiction story?

• This is the turning point of the story where the main character faces the conflict and changes.

• The beginning of the story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced.

• The part of the story that follows the climax. Loose ends are tied up.

• In this part of the story the conflict develops and suspense is built.

What is the climax in the plot of a fiction story?

• This is the turning point of the story where the main character faces the conflict and changes.

• The beginning of the story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced.

• The part of the story that follows the climax. Loose ends are tied up.

• In this part of the story the conflict develops and suspense is built.

What is the rising action in the plot of a fiction story?

• This is the turning point of the story where the main character faces the conflict and changes.

• The beginning of the story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced.

• The part of the story that follows the climax. Loose ends are tied up.

• In this part of the story the conflict develops and suspense is built.

What is the falling action in the plot of a fiction story?

• This is the turning point of the story where the main character faces the conflict and changes.

• The beginning of the story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced.

• The part of the story that follows the climax. Loose ends are tied up.

• In this part of the story the conflict develops and suspense is built.

Which one of these is NOT an author's purpose?

• to foreshadow

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

Which one is the best definition of foreshadowing?

• The author has a great resolution.

• The author gives hints about what will happen later in the story.

• The author has scenes that happened earlier in the story.

• The author switches between first and third-person narration.

What is a main or central idea of a text?

• the most important point in a text

• the information that supports the topic sentence

• the most interesting detail in a book

• the punctuation used in a paragraph