The two statements that best describe what happens in the climax of a story are:
- The peak of the story’s tension and the height of the action are reached.
- The characters confront the conflict head-on and fully address it.
A) Which statement best describes what happens in the climax of a story? Select the two
correct answers. (1 point)
Subplots and plot twists are introduced and dealt with by the characters.
The characters are introduced, and the setting of the story is established.
Plot elements that remain open are tied up, and the story is concluded.
The peak of the story’s tension and the height of the action are reached.
The characters confront the conflict head-on and fully address it.
7 answers
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
With that reflection Gortsby rose to go; as he did so an exclamation of concern escaped
him. Lying on the ground by the side of the bench was a small oval packet, wrapped and
sealed with the solicitude of a chemist’s counter. It could be nothing else but a cake of
soap, and it had evidently fallen out of the youth’s overcoat pocket when he flung himself
down on the seat.
Which component of the plot structure of this story is described in this excerpt?
(1 point)
the climax
the rising action
the falling action
the resolution
Use the passage to answer the question.
With that reflection Gortsby rose to go; as he did so an exclamation of concern escaped
him. Lying on the ground by the side of the bench was a small oval packet, wrapped and
sealed with the solicitude of a chemist’s counter. It could be nothing else but a cake of
soap, and it had evidently fallen out of the youth’s overcoat pocket when he flung himself
down on the seat.
Which component of the plot structure of this story is described in this excerpt?
(1 point)
the climax
the rising action
the falling action
the resolution
The component of the plot structure described in this excerpt is the rising action. The discovery of the packet adds tension and develops the narrative, leading towards the climax.
Dusk
by H.H. Munro (Saki)
Norman Gortsby sat on a bench in the Park, with
his back to a strip of bush-planted sward, fenced by
the park railings, and the Row fronting him across a
wide stretch of carriage drive. Hyde Park Corner,
with its rattle and hoot of traffic, lay immediately to
his right. It was some thirty minutes past six on an
early March evening, and dusk had fallen heavily
over the scene, dusk mitigated by some faint
moonlight and many street lamps. There was a
wide emptiness over road and sidewalk, and yet
there were many unconsidered figures moving
silently through the half-light, or
dotted unobtrusively on bench and chair, scarcely
to be distinguished from the shadowed gloom in
which they sat.
The scene pleased Gortsby and harmonised with
his present mood. Dusk, to his mind, was the hour
of the defeated. Men and women, who had fought
and lost, who hid their fallen fortunes and dead
hopes as far as possible from the scrutiny of the
curious, came forth in this hour of gloaming, when
their shabby clothes and bowed shoulders and
unhappy eyes might pass unnoticed, or, at any rate,
unrecognised.
A king that is conquered must see strange
looks, So bitter a thing is the heart of man.
1 of 10
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which best describes the type of plot
structure used by the author in this story?
(1 point)
flashback
parallel
foreshadowed
linear
by H.H. Munro (Saki)
Norman Gortsby sat on a bench in the Park, with
his back to a strip of bush-planted sward, fenced by
the park railings, and the Row fronting him across a
wide stretch of carriage drive. Hyde Park Corner,
with its rattle and hoot of traffic, lay immediately to
his right. It was some thirty minutes past six on an
early March evening, and dusk had fallen heavily
over the scene, dusk mitigated by some faint
moonlight and many street lamps. There was a
wide emptiness over road and sidewalk, and yet
there were many unconsidered figures moving
silently through the half-light, or
dotted unobtrusively on bench and chair, scarcely
to be distinguished from the shadowed gloom in
which they sat.
The scene pleased Gortsby and harmonised with
his present mood. Dusk, to his mind, was the hour
of the defeated. Men and women, who had fought
and lost, who hid their fallen fortunes and dead
hopes as far as possible from the scrutiny of the
curious, came forth in this hour of gloaming, when
their shabby clothes and bowed shoulders and
unhappy eyes might pass unnoticed, or, at any rate,
unrecognised.
A king that is conquered must see strange
looks, So bitter a thing is the heart of man.
1 of 10
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which best describes the type of plot
structure used by the author in this story?
(1 point)
flashback
parallel
foreshadowed
linear
The type of plot structure used by the author in this story is linear. The narrative progresses in a straightforward manner, describing the setting, the character's feelings, and the atmosphere without jumping around in time or employing flashbacks.
Question 4
A)
Use paragraph 1 from “The Interlopers” to answer the question.
In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians, a man
stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the
woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the game for
whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman’s
calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest
in quest of a human enemy.
Which phrase most establishes tension?
(1 point)
a man stood one winter night watching and listening
as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision
a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians
Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy
Question 5
A)
Use paragraph 2 from “The Interlopers” to answer the question.
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow
strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it
harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its
owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had
wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the
dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long
series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between
the families for three generations. The neighbour feud had grown into a personal one
since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he
detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the
tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest.
Which phrase is a signal that the story has moved backward in time?
(1 point)
if there was a man in the world whom he detested
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent
poaching affrays and similar scandals
in the days of his grandfather
A)
Use paragraph 1 from “The Interlopers” to answer the question.
In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians, a man
stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the
woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the game for
whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman’s
calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest
in quest of a human enemy.
Which phrase most establishes tension?
(1 point)
a man stood one winter night watching and listening
as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision
a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians
Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy
Question 5
A)
Use paragraph 2 from “The Interlopers” to answer the question.
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow
strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it
harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its
owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had
wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the
dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long
series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between
the families for three generations. The neighbour feud had grown into a personal one
since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he
detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the
tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest.
Which phrase is a signal that the story has moved backward in time?
(1 point)
if there was a man in the world whom he detested
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent
poaching affrays and similar scandals
in the days of his grandfather
Question 4:
The phrase that most establishes tension is:
Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy.
This phrase indicates a direct conflict and the presence of danger, creating a sense of tension.
Question 5:
The phrase that signals the story has moved backward in time is:
in the days of his grandfather.
This phrase explicitly references the past, indicating a historical element to the narrative.
1 answer