6th Grade: Literary Elements

Literary Elements

Review Lesson

Multiple Choice

The main character in a story.

• antagonist

• dialogue

• plot

• protagonist

Multiple Choice

What is the sequence of events happening in a story and has 5 stages?

• fable

• plot

• irony

• flashback

Multiple Choice

The action following the climax of the story that moves towards the resolution.

• epilogue

• prologue

• falling action

• rising action

Multiple Choice

The point of greatest intensity or the turning point in a story.

• climax

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

Multiple Choice

The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

• climax

• allusion

• rising action

• conflict

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is when a character is having a personal problem within.

• an issue

• internal conflict

• a situation

• external conflict

Multiple Choice

Deals with the problems of the world and includes man vs. man, man vs. nature and man vs. society.

• internal conflict

• mood

• external conflict

• tone

Multiple Choice

When and where a story takes place.

• plot

• setting

• theme

• conflict

Multiple Select

Check all that are considered to be the element of setting.

• Oklahoma

• During the 1960's

• Ponyboy

• Abandoned Church

• The Greasers

Multiple Choice

Which point of view is when narrator knows everything about the characters: all thoughts, feelings, and actions of the characters in the story.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Multiple Choice

The narrator is a character in the story and who is telling the story from their perspective using "I", "me", "mine" in their speech.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Multiple Select

What is Theme? Check all that applies.

• Life lesson learned from the story

• Only one word

• Universal

• May be stated directly or indirectly

Multiple Choice

What is the feeling the reader gets while reading?

• tone

• mood

• attitude

• emotion

Multiple Choice

What is the attitude shown through the author's writing?

• tone

• mood

• attitude

• emotion

• has animal characters that are smart, foolish, sly, or clever

• has a  character that plays tricks on other characters

• has a character that makes a bad decision

• has a moral or a lesson learned

• is short, sweet and to the point​

​FABLES

Examples: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Ants and the Grasshopper

​is a story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others.

• often involve princes and princesses, and modern versions usually have a happy ending.

• Usually start with “Once upon a time..”

Examples: Cinderella, The Little Mermaid

​FAIRY TALES

are stories that are told from generation to generation

• Many folktales are make believe.

• Some folktales are part make believe and part real.That means that the characters themselves were probably real people.

• Some teach a lesson, can be scary, or animals can talk.

• Some folktales are also tall tales, which means they are exaggerated and sometimes funny.

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Examples: Jack and the Beanstalk, Tortoise and the Hare

​FOLKLORE

Multiple Choice

Which is literature text is a short story that uses animals as characters to teach the moral of the story?

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Folklore

Multiple Choice

Which is literature text is a short story that is rooted in magic, good triumphs over evil and mostly has happy endings?

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Folklore

Multiple Choice

Which is literature text is a short story that is rooted in real world, human problems and emotions?

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Folklore

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a fable?

• Cinderella

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• The Ant and the Grasshopper

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a fairy tale?

• Cinderella

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• The Ant and the Grasshopper

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a folktale?

• Cinderella

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• The Ant and the Grasshopper

Multiple Choice

Alliteration: when words close together begin with the same ________ sounds.

• vowel

• repetitive

• consonant

• rhyming

Multiple Choice

Giving non-human things humanistic traits or characteristics.

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Select

Check all that are examples of onomatopoeia.

• Boom

• Bang

• Crash

• Laugh

• Spray