12 questions
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The ____________________ are the people or animals in the story.
plot
characters
conflict
setting
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The _____________________ is the series of events.
characters
theme
setting
plot
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The __________________ is the time and place of the story's action.
setting
characters
theme
plot
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The __________________ is a message about life.
plot
setting
point of view
theme
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A character's ________________ is his or her qualities, such as honesty.
traits
motives
conflict
plot
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A character's _________________ are the reasons he or she acts, such as a desire to be liked.
traits
features
motives
names
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The plot contains a ___________, or problem, between opposing forces.
setting
character
conflict
theme
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An _________________ conflict takes place inside a character's mind, such as when a man struggles to make a decision.
internal
external
plot
character traits
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An ______________ conflict is one in which a character struggles with an outside source.
internal
external
setting
character motives
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An example of __________________ might be a small village in England in the winter of 1765.
plot
character
setting
theme
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An _____________ theme is suggested by what happens to the characters, such as when a thief ends up in jail. The ____________ theme is that crime doesn't pay.
stated
internal
implied
external
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A ______________ theme is expressed directly by the author, such as when a fable ends with the moral, "Look before you leap."
external
internal
implied
stated