Literary Elements

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

What is conflict?

• The setting
• The problem
• The bananas
• The rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.

• tone and place
• time and place
• tone and plot
• time and plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

True or false: The author always directly states the specific time and place of the setting.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simlie
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

• anything that is literal
• giving a human trait to something non-human
• language that appeals to the reader's five senses
•  descriptions that are not literally true

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.3D

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4