8th GRADE ELAR MIDTERM EXAM 2024

Fiction can be best described as:

• A true story about real events
• Literature based on imagined events or characters
• A newspaper article
• A biography

Characterization refers to:

• The time period of a story
• How an author develops and reveals character traits
• The physical description of settings
• The lesson learned in a story

What is plot?

• the personalities of each character
• the message of a story
• the main idea of a story
• the main events of a story, presented in a logical order

Which is NOT an element of plot?

• Rising action
• Character description
• Climax
• Resolution

A story's exposition provides:

• The final outcome
• The main conflict
• Background information and setting
• The story's climax

A story's climax-

• is the turning point of the story and highest point of action
• introduces the characters, setting and plot
• shows how characters begin their adventure
• concludes the story

What is non-linear plot?

• The story is written as a poem
• Events are told in chronological order
• The plot is in a different language.
• Events are told out of chronological sequence (out of order)

Which of the following is NOT a part of non-linear plot?

• flashback
• foreshadowing
• capitalization
• sub-plot

What is foreshadowing?

• The conclusion of a story
• Hints about future events in the story
• Description of the setting
• Character dialogue

Which of the following is an example of a flashback?

• Characters in the present discuss events from the previous day.
• The reader is observing the past as it is happening in real time.
• There are hints about future events in a story
• Characters are thinking about what happened the day before.