Story Elements Practice Questions

What is the term for the thoughts or words of characters in a story?

• Theme

• Dialogue

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What describes when and where a story takes place?

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which term refers to the narrator telling the story or providing information?

• Point of View

• Perspective

• Theme

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is it called when the author tells you what the character is like?

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does an author create a feeling or attitude in a story?

• Theme

• Setting

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the problem in the story called?

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Plot

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What term describes the events in the story?

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the way a story makes the reader feel?

• Tone

• Mood

• Conflict

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What requires the reader to infer what the character is like based on behavior, speech, thoughts, actions, etc.?

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a character's feelings, thoughts, and emotions about another character or the events in a story?

• Perspective

• Point of View

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6