No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Proficiency Practice Exam

The concept being tested is recognizing the term for the lesson stated at the end of a story. The lesson is called the moral. It’s the message about how to behave or what to learn from the events, often spoken directly by the narrator or protagonist at the conclusion. This differs from exposition, which introduces background information; from plot, the sequence of events; and from conflict, the central struggle. In many stories, especially fables, the moral is explicit, making it the best fit for the described feature.