Deepening Our Understanding of Literary Elements

Multiple Choice

Which of these things is NOT related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling

• a "life lesson" the main character learns

• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand

• the moral of the story

Multiple Choice

What are the three types of conflicts represented in the images?

• Man v. Society

• Man v. Fate (God)

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Self

Multiple Choice

What are the types of external conflict mentioned in the image?

• Man v. Man

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Society

• Man v. God (Fate)

Categorize

Options (9)

Internal Conflict

Sally must decide whether to tell the teacher that Billy cheated on the test.

Ben was unsure whether or not to go to the party.

The main character is in conflict with another character.

The main character is in conflict with an element of nature.

The main character is in conflict with a group of characters.

Sophie's science project was sabotaged by Jennifer.

The boys rushed to get out of the pool when the lightening struck near by, ending the pool party

The entire team voted to kick Jim off the team.

Organize the examples of conflicts into the correct category.

Man vs. Self

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature

Man. vs Society

Multiple Choice

What is setting? 

• The time and location in which a story takes place
• A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
• a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
• What you turn on the washer

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a plot in a story?

• A character's journey

• The action or sequence of events

• The setting of the story

• The theme of the story

Reorder

Put the elements of a plotline (plot mountain) in order they occur in a story.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Move the elements of a narrative below to create a linear plot:

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

What kind of a character is "Dori" in the movie Finding Nemo?

• Round

• Flat

• Square

Reorder

Reorder the plot diagram in the correct order from first to last.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the role of the protagonist in a story?

• To create conflict

• To support the antagonist

• To drive the plot forward

• To provide comic relief

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of the story as described in the image?

• The author directly tells the theme

• The theme is implied rather than told

• The theme is irrelevant to the story

• The theme is only about the characters

Multiple Select

What are types of Foreshadowing

• flashback

• Symbolic

• subtle foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

What is an epiphany?

• A sudden realization

• A planned event

• A type of celebration

• A scientific theory

Multiple Choice

What types of imagery/sensory comes to mind when you look at this photograph?

• Touch and taste

• Sight and sound

• Sight and smell

Multiple Choice

What is an allusion?

• A reference to a literary, biblical, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing.

• A type of poem that tells a story.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things.

• A narrative that includes a moral lesson.

Multiple Choice

What is an archetype in literature?

• A type of character

• A type of action

• A type of situation

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Motifs are meant to...

• draw the reader's attention away from something specific in a text.

• draw the reader's attention to something specific in a text.

• catch the reader's attention to keep them engaged in reading the text

• to make a text more realistic in nature.

Open Ended

Using a metaphor and imagery (Sensory details), describe the sound of rainfall on your rooftop.

Multiple Choice

What are the different points of view from which a story can be told?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is situational irony?

• when someone says the opposite of what they mean

• when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

• when the audience knows something that the character don't

Multiple Choice

When Sofia saw the teacher passing around more irony worksheets, she thought to herself, "Awesome! Another homework packet!" This is which type of irony?

• DRAMATIC

• SITUATIONAL

• VERBAL

• NONE

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of suspense as described in the image?

• The excitement of a story

• The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story

• The resolution of a conflict

• The introduction of characters

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident