# Plot and story structure

> Grade 7: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, conflict, flashback and foreshadowing, protagonist and antagonist.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g7-plot-structure-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 7
- Practice: 16
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## Questions

1. Which part of a plot introduces the characters and setting? (Climax / Exposition / Falling action / Resolution)
   Answer: Exposition
2. In the exposition of a story, what do we usually learn? (How it ends / The final fight / The moral only / Who, where and when)
   Answer: Who, where and when
3. During the rising action, what usually happens? (Characters are introduced / Problems grow and tension builds / The problem disappears / The story ends happily)
   Answer: Problems grow and tension builds
4. What is the climax of a story? (A description of the setting / The first scene / The last sentence / The most tense turning point)
   Answer: The most tense turning point
5. Which part of the plot comes straight after the climax? (Conflict / Exposition / Falling action / Rising action)
   Answer: Falling action
6. The resolution of a story is where... (the problem begins / the problem is settled and the story ends / the setting is first described / the tension is highest)
   Answer: the problem is settled and the story ends
7. Two characters both want the last seat on a boat. This is a... (conflict / flashback / resolution / setting)
   Answer: conflict
8. A character fights her own fear of heights. What type of conflict is this? (External conflict / Flashback / Foreshadowing / Internal conflict)
   Answer: Internal conflict
9. A story jumps back to what happened to a character years ago. This is a... (climax / flashback / foreshadowing / resolution)
   Answer: flashback
10. Dark clouds gather as the hero sets off, hinting at trouble ahead. This is... (exposition / flashback / foreshadowing / resolution)
   Answer: foreshadowing
11. The protagonist is the main character of a story.
   Answer: True
12. The antagonist is always a person, never a force like a storm.
   Answer: False
13. The falling action comes before the climax.
   Answer: False
14. What do we call the character who opposes the main character?
   Answer: The antagonist
15. Name the five parts of a plot in order.
   Answer: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
16. What is the word for a hint about events that come later in a story?
   Answer: Foreshadowing