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Junior Cycle English: Plot structure and suspense

How often Plot structure and suspense comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 4 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Plot structure and suspense, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Plot structure and suspense.

(a)What is the 'climax' of a story?
  1. The opening scene of the story
  2. The point of highest tension
  3. The final tidying-up
(b)In a five-part plot structure, what comes straight after the climax?
  1. The opening exposition
  2. Rising action
  3. Falling action
(c)A writer hints early on at something that will happen later. What is this called?
  1. Foreshadowing
  2. A flashback
  3. A cliffhanger ending
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(a) The point of highest tension

(b) Falling action

(c) Foreshadowing

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Plot structure and suspense.

Higher Level

Asked on 4 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q4, Q5
2024Not asked
2023Q7, Q8
2022Q9
2019Not asked
2018Q8
2017Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Plot structure and suspense questions

Plot structure and suspense, 3 marks

A character must choose between loyalty to a friend and telling the truth. What type of conflict is this?

  1. Conflict with nature
  2. Conflict with society
  3. Internal conflict
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Internal conflict

Internal conflict happens inside a character's mind: a struggle between feelings or values. External conflict is against another person, society or nature.

Plot structure and suspense, 2 marks

What is the 'resolution' of a story?

  1. The moment of greatest danger
  2. Where the conflict is settled
  3. Where the problem is introduced
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Where the conflict is settled

The resolution ties up the story: problems are solved or accepted. Some endings are left open, leaving questions for the reader to think about.

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