1. Story Elements
Keys to Understanding

2. What story element describes the time and place of a story?
1. characterization
2. theme
3. setting
4. conflict

3. How does a writer make a character seem real?
1. She creates a setting.
2. She uses characterization.
3. He describes a mood.
4. He makes a plot line.

4. An author makes a character real when she
1. describes a character’s appearance, speech and actions.
2. describes a character’s thoughts and feelings as well as other characters’ reactions to the main character.
3. tells us about the character directly.
4. All of the above.

5. True or False? Point of view is the angle from which a story is told.

6. What point of view is when one of the characters tells the story?
1. third person
2. first person
3. second person
4. All of the above

7. What words does an author use when writing in first person?
1. I, me my
2. he, she, they
3. you

8. What point of view is when the speaker is addressing the reader?
1. third person
2. first person
3. second person
4. All of the above

9. What words does an author use when writing in second person?
1. I, me my
2. he, she, they
3. you
4. None of the above

10. 1. third person 2. first person 3. second person 4. All of the above
What point of view is when someone on the outside of the story is telling it?
1. third person
2. first person
3. second person
4. All of the above

11. What words does an author use when writing in third person?
1. I, me my
2. he, she, they
3. you
4. None of the above

12. 1. setting 2. plot line 3. conflict 4. point of view
What story element describes a problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story?
1. setting
2. plot line
3. conflict
4. point of view

13. A character has a problem with one or more of the characters.
1. character vs. destiny
2. character vs. society
3. character vs. nature
4. character vs. self
5. character vs. character

14. A character fights against a problem that seems too big to control.
1. character vs. destiny
2. character vs. society
3. character vs. nature
4. character vs. self
5. character vs. character

15. A character has a problem with society - school, the law, tradition.
1. character vs. destiny
2. character vs. society
3. character vs. nature
4. character vs. self
5. character vs. character

16. 5. character vs. character
A character struggles with himself, trying to decide what to do about some problem.
1. character vs. destiny
2. character vs. society
3. character vs. nature
4. character vs. self
5. character vs. character

17. 5. character vs. character
A character is in conflict with some element of nature -extreme heat, a blizzard, a hurricane.
1. character vs. destiny
2. character vs. society
3. character vs. nature
4. character vs. self
5. character vs. character

18. What is the story’s action?
1. setting
2. plot line
3. conflict
4. point of view

19. This is the beginning of the story when the setting, characters and conflict are introduced.
1. climax
2. resolution
3. exposition
4. rising action
5. falling action

20. This is the end part of the story when the problem is solved.
1. climax
2. resolution
3. exposition
4. rising action
5. falling action

21. This is the main part of the story when the main character tries to solve his/her problem.
1. climax
2. resolution
3. exposition
4. rising action
5. falling action

22. This is the most exciting part in a story.
1. climax
2. resolution
3. exposition
4. rising action
5. falling action

23. This is the part of the story that leads to the ending, the resolution.
1. climax
2. resolution
3. exposition
4. rising action
5. falling action

24. 1. characterization 2. theme 3. setting 4. conflict
This is the message about life or human nature the writer shares with the reader.
1. characterization
2. theme
3. setting
4. conflict