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English Language: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Plot (Questions)

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In the simplest sense, plot means the events in a story as they happen in a particular order. Plot also refers to the way the events are organized, to cause and effect, and to the way events are set in motion. Plots are not merely lists of events. Instead, the events take the shape known as a 'narrative arc' (see question 3).

Play this quiz to see how much you know about this essential element of narrative.

Which texts have a plot?

[ ]	Explanatory
[ ]	Narrative
[ ]	Persuasive
[ ]	Argument

A plot needs...

[ ]	a happy ending
[ ]	comedy
[ ]	conflict
[ ]	tragedy

Which of the following places plot structure in the correct order?

[ ]	Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement
[ ]	Rising action, exposition, climax, falling action, denouement
[ ]	Denouement, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition
[ ]	Rising action, denouement, falling action, exposition, climax

Which of the following terms means the 'resolution' of a plot?

[ ]	Exposition
[ ]	Rising action
[ ]	Climax
[ ]	Denouement

Which of the following describes a minor sequence of events taking place away from the central story line?

[ ]	Postplot
[ ]	Subplot
[ ]	Preplot
[ ]	Superplot

Returning to past events, either in dream, memory or in a character's recollection.

[ ]	Foreshadowing
[ ]	Flashback
[ ]	Backshadowing
[ ]	Flashforward

An element of the plot which serves to draw readers in.

[ ]	Summary
[ ]	Voice
[ ]	Falling action
[ ]	Plot hook

A technique in which an event, subplot, word, symbol or episode suggests a future plot development.

[ ]	Foreshadowing
[ ]	Flashback
[ ]	Backshadowing
[ ]	Flashforward

How do plot and structure relate to one another?

[ ]	Structure describes the ideas and themes found in a text; plot relates to events
[ ]	Structure is the all-encompassing design of the whole text; plot is an element of structure
[ ]	Structure includes only the characters in a novel; plot relates only to events
[ ]	Structure and plot have exactly the same meaning

10.

How should plot be handled in an essay?

[ ]	It's best to describe the entire plot in every detail from the beginning to the end
[ ]	It's best to only mention the climax
[ ]	It's best to only use those relevant events from the plot which will support your argument
[ ]	It's best to ignore the plot and focus on the characters

English Language: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Plot (Answers)

Which texts have a plot?

[ ]	Explanatory
[x]	Narrative
[ ]	Persuasive
[ ]	Argument

Narrative is story telling and stories have plots. Short stories, novels, drama and narrative poetry have plots

A plot needs...

[ ]	a happy ending
[ ]	comedy
[x]	conflict
[ ]	tragedy

Conflict, in this sense, does not mean violent conflict (although there is plenty of that in stories). Conflict means any struggle; the struggle may be between ideas, between people, or between people and their environment. Conflict may also be internal, rather than external

Which of the following places plot structure in the correct order?

[x]	Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement
[ ]	Rising action, exposition, climax, falling action, denouement
[ ]	Denouement, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition
[ ]	Rising action, denouement, falling action, exposition, climax

Stories usually devote more space to 'rising action', where conflict and complications occur, than to the 'falling action'

Which of the following terms means the 'resolution' of a plot?

[ ]	Exposition
[ ]	Rising action
[ ]	Climax
[x]	Denouement

Which of the following describes a minor sequence of events taking place away from the central story line?

[ ]	Postplot
[x]	Subplot
[ ]	Preplot
[ ]	Superplot

Subplots can be used to support the central theme, provide a contrast to the central theme, or otherwise comment on the rest of the story

Returning to past events, either in dream, memory or in a character's recollection.

[ ]	Foreshadowing
[x]	Flashback
[ ]	Backshadowing
[ ]	Flashforward

An element of the plot which serves to draw readers in.

[ ]	Summary
[ ]	Voice
[ ]	Falling action
[x]	Plot hook

Plot hooks usually appear at the beginning of a story to lure the reader in

A technique in which an event, subplot, word, symbol or episode suggests a future plot development.

[x]	Foreshadowing
[ ]	Flashback
[ ]	Backshadowing
[ ]	Flashforward

How do plot and structure relate to one another?

[ ]	Structure describes the ideas and themes found in a text; plot relates to events
[x]	Structure is the all-encompassing design of the whole text; plot is an element of structure
[ ]	Structure includes only the characters in a novel; plot relates only to events
[ ]	Structure and plot have exactly the same meaning

In a novel, structure includes chapter divisions and other organizational elements

10.

How should plot be handled in an essay?

[ ]	It's best to describe the entire plot in every detail from the beginning to the end
[ ]	It's best to only mention the climax
[x]	It's best to only use those relevant events from the plot which will support your argument
[ ]	It's best to ignore the plot and focus on the characters

Never summarize the entire plot of a story in an essay - you will bore your reader, who already knows the plot