5 Written Questions

1. can be lighthearted, tragic, adventurous, gloomy, humorous, mysterious, ominous (gloom and doom), tranquil, serious, suspenseful, romantic, tense, etc.
2. the series of happenings, the action, what happens, the main events, the sequence of events that take place in a story
3. This is the highest point of interest or emotional intensity, the point toward which all the action leads, the turning point. Something has to happen in order to solve the problem(s).
4. a long written story dealing with characters, situations, and settings that imitate those of real life
5. person against the forces of nature

5 Matching Questions

1. Typical Plot Conflict
2. behavior
3. theme
4. Third Person Limited Narrator
5. Third Person Omniscient Narrator

1. a tells the story and knows everything about the protagonist or main character
2. b knows what all characters, protagonists (good guys) and antagonists (bad guys), think, feel, and do
3. c the main idea or underlying meaning, the moral, the lesson, the story's message about life
4. d essential to plot; opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move; in this, the protagonist usually meets up with the antagonist
5. e the way the character acts and reacts; an element of characterization

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a series of events that creates new problems; The struggle between the opposing forces increases in intensity. The plot "thickens."
   1. setting
   2. Rising Action
   3. Resolution
   4. Falling Action
2. a character in the story and is personally affected by plot and setting: uses pronouns such as "I," "We," "My," and "Our" in the narrative
   1. Third Person Limited Narrator
   2. personality
   3. Third Person Omniscient Narrator
   4. First Person Narrator
3. the part of the story in which the conflict becomes unraveled, and the stage is set for the final event
   1. Rising Action
   2. Falling Action
   3. conflict
   4. Resolution
4. the way the character looks; an element of characterization
   1. appearance
   2. Atmosphere
   3. setting
   4. theme
5. a shorter written story dealing with the same elements as a novel
   1. behavior
   2. plot
   3. Short story
   4. setting

5 True/False Questions

1. conflict → the struggle between two opposing forces, the problem that must be solved; three main types: man against man, man against nature, and man against himself

   True        False

2. Resolution → This occurs when the conflict is settled. (There can be a positive or negative outcome.)

   True        False

3. man against man → person against another person; person against society

   True        False

4. setting → the way the character acts and reacts; an element of characterization

   True        False

5. Characterization → made up of three elements: appearance, personality, and behavior

   True        False