ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

LESSON 3- QUARTER II

1. The problems the characters face in the story.

a. Conflict
b. Resolution
c. Setting
d. Plot

2. The part of the story that starts the problem.

a. Conflict
b. Resolution
c. Setting
d. Plot

3. The turning point of a story.

a. Climax
b. Resolution
c. Falling Action
d. Exposition

4. Which one is NOT a purpose of a story?

a. To scare.
b. To entertain.
c. To persuade.
d. To inform.

5. The end of the story when the reader finds out what happens to the characters
after the conflict.

a. Resolution
b. Plot
c. Setting
d. Climax
6. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.

a. Setting
b. Plot
c. Theme
d. Genre

7. The following sentence is written in which point of view...

"Yesterday, I went to the dentist."
a. 1st person
b. 2nd person
c. 3rd person
d. 3rd person omniscient

8. People, animals, or other creatures in a story...

a. Characters
b. Setting
c. Text
d. Resolution

9. The setting of a story describes where and _____ the action takes place.

a. How
b. What
c. When
d. Who

10. The resolution comes ______ the falling action.

a. Before
b. During
c. After
d. None of the above