Elements of Plot

Question 1

EXPOSITION

Introduces ______ and _______

1.
2.
3.

Answer 1

Introduces setting and background

1. characters
2. events
3. setting

Question 2

INCITING INCIDENT

Where you first ____, about the _____.

Answer 2

Where you first learn, about the conflict.

Question 3

CLIMAX

The ____ ______ of the story could be:

_

_

_

Answer 3

The turning point of the story could be:

-decision

-action

-event

Question 4

FALLING ACTION

_____ that ______ the _____.

Answer 4

events that follow the climax.

Question 5

RESOLUTION

Things return to a _____or a ______.

Answer 5

Things return to a normal or a new normal.

Question 6

Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

Answer 6

1
2
3
4
5
6

Question 7

Which of the following is best described as the inciting incident of the story?
a. The girls get bad progress report grades.
b. Clareece shushes Anna for the first time.
c. The girls agree to help one another
d. Nina and Anna achieve their goals.

Answer 7

The girls get bad progress report grades

Question 8

Which of the following is best described as part of the climax of the story?
a. Nina regrets buying her college hoodie.
b. Anna beats Chet Goodweather
c. The girls agree to help one another.
d. The girls get bad progress report grades

Answer 8

The girls agree to help one another.

Question 9

Which of the following is best described as part of the rising action of the story?
a. Nina passes her science test.
b. Nina jogs with Anna at 4:30 am.
c. Nina and Anna study in the library.
d. Nina sat under the bleachers and felt bad.

Answer 9

Nina sat under the bleachers and felt bad.

Question 10

Which of the following is best described as part of the exposition of the story?
a. The girls get bad progress report grades.
b. Nina has a sensational track season.
c. Anna beats out Chet Goodweather.
d. Anna runs a mile in just under 8 minutes

Answer 10

Anna runs a mile in just under 8 minutes.

Question 11

Which of the following is best described as part of the resolution of the story?
a. The girls get bad progress report grades
b. Anna beats Chet Goodweather
c. The girls agree to help one another.
d. Nina and Anna study in the library.

Answer 11

Anna beats Chet Goodweather.

Question 12

Which of the following is best described as part of the falling action of the story?
a. Nina has a sensational track season.
b. The girls get bad progress report grades.
c. Nina and Anna study in the library.
d. Clareece shushes Anna for the first time.

Answer 12

Nina has a sensational track season.

Question 13

Which best describes the sisters’ relationship at the beginning of the story?
a. They are best friends.
b. They hang out quite a bit.
c. They hate one another
d. They are distant from one another.

Answer 13

They are distant from one another.

Question 14

Which best describes the sisters’ relationship at the end of the story?
a. They are very close.
b. They have grown distant.
c. They are impartial to one another.
d. They learned to tolerate one another.

Answer 14

They are very close

Question 15

Which term best describes the following: modern-day, at a library, and in a school?
a. direct trait
b. indirect trait
c. motivation
d. conflict
e. setting

Answer 15

setting

Question 16

Which term best describes the following: a girl may lose her scholarship due to academics.
a. direct trait
b. indirect trait
c. climax
d. conflict
e. setting

Answer 16

conflict