Story and its elements - class-VIII
Description: story and its elements | |
Number of Questions: 67 | |
Created by: Shiva Nambiar | |
Tags: english writing |
The protagonist of a story is usually _____________ character.
The setting of a story answers _____ a story takes place.
You have been asked to write a story about a frog.
What would be a suitable setting?
Fill in the blank with a suitable option.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
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Imagine you wish to write a story about a princess. What would be a suitable setting?
Which of the following are not related to the setting of a story?
By which of the following ways can a character be revealed?
Fill in the blank with a suitable option.
You must convey that a character is very clumsy. Which of the following is the best way to do this?
In any story, the characters should be realistic. How would you do this?
Which of the following does not help create a setting with a 'happy' mood?
When the setting is not essential for the story or plot, it is called a ___________ setting.
Identify the mood created by the following elements of setting:
Weather: warm and sunny
Climate: pleasant
Time of day: early morning
Locale: busy suburban district
Geography: many people, park, playground
Identify the mood created by the following elements of setting:
Weather: cold and snowy
Climate: winter
Time of day: late afternoon
Locale: quiet neighborhood, a room in a small house
Lighting: dim
Which of the following can be used to describe the setting of a hospital?
You are writing a story. You plan to create characters who are poor yet happy.
Which of the following would be a suitable setting for your story?
The type of setting which influences the plot, characters or theme of the story is called a/an _________ setting.
Which of the following is not an element of the setting?
Which of the following does not help create a setting with an 'angry' mood?
You are writing a story. You plan to create characters who are strict, reserved, and highly educated.
Which of the following would be a suitable setting for your story?
Which of the following can be used to hint that the setting is a supermarket?
Select the best exposition to introduce the given character:
Henry is a very silent child and does not have any friends.
While writing an exposition, one must be careful not to do which of the following?
Which of the following is an example of a part of an exposition?
Choose the best option:
Why writer's give advice "show, don't tell"?
What is the framework of a story called?
Hearing that a zookeeper has managed to train a lion to live in the same cage as a lamb, a man pays a visit to see if it's true. Amazingly, the man finds the animals lying next to each other. 'How did you do this?' he asks the keeper. 'Is this a trick?' 'No', replies the zookeeper, 'this has been going on for three months now. I don't mind telling you, though,' he confides, 'we've had to replace the lamb a few times.
To what genre does the story belong?
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
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A _________ character is well developed and has a complex personality which may at times be contradictory.
A/An ___________ character helps to reveal the traits or qualities of another character through contrast. These characters help us know more about the other character.
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You are writing a story. You plan to create a character who is rich and feared.
Which of the following would be a suitable setting for your story?
You want to convey to the reader that a character is depressed. Which of the following is the best way to do this?
Which of the following does not help create a setting which conveys a 'disgusted' mood?
Identify the mood created by the following elements of setting:
Weather: Cold and damp
Climate: unchanging
Time of day: evening
Locale: small town
Geography: bare and few trees, small shrubs, moist, dark soil
Which of the following does not help create a setting with a 'haunting' mood?
Which of the following does not help create a desolate setting?
Which of the following can be used to hint that the setting is an office?
Which of the following does not help create a celebratory mood for a story?
What is the setting of the following text?
(adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
On an afternoon in October, or the beginning of November - a fresh watery afternoon, when the turf and paths were rustling with moist, withered leaves, and the cold blue sky was half hidden by cloudsdark grey streamers, rapidly mounting from the west, and boding abundant rain. I requested my young lady to forego her ramble, because I was certain of showers. She refused; and I unwillingly donned a cloak, and took my umbrella to accompany her on a stroll to the bottom of the park. On one side of the road rose a high, rough bank, where hazels and stunted oaks, with their roots half exposed, held uncertain tenure: the soil was too loose for the latter; and strong winds had blown some nearly horizontal.
Why is exposition important in a story?
Choose the best option:
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Select the best exposition to introduce the given:
A war took place a few years ago and many houses lay in ruins because of it.
Which option(s) best identifies the use of exposition in literature?
In what forms may exposition be used in a story?
What kind of literary device is the following:
"A long time ago, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a king and queen who wished for a child."
Identify the best way to reveal the given information in an exposition:
He is respected by all.
Choose the best option to complete the sentence:
What kind of literary device is the following:
Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small.
Which of the following passages from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an example of exposition?
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:
What does 'characters' of a story mean?
What is the plot of a story?
What is moral of a story?
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Arrange the following dramatic arcs as they appear in the plot of the story.
a. Falling action
b. Rising action
c. Exposition
d. Denouement
e. Climax
Fill in the blank with the correct word: