Literary Elements

When is your Narrative Test?

• Tomorrow
• Monday
• Today
• Never

What is the name for the time and place during which a story occurs?

• Setting
• Plot
• Location
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following is NOT a function of the setting?

• Create a mood or atmosphere
• Show a different way of life
• Explain a character's motives
• Symbolize an idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is another name for the feeling the author tries to convey in the story?

• Mood
• Setting
• Belief
• Emotion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What do we call the main character of a story?

• Protagonist
• Good guy
• Antagonist
• Whatever we want to

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?

• Plot
• Exposition
• Conflict
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense?

• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

What do we call the central message or main idea of a story?

• Topic
• Theme
• Concept
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

When the opposite happens from what the reader or character expects that is called 

• rising action
• plot
• symbolism
• irony

This is the author's attitude, (their words, vocabulary).

• Tone
• Setting
• Conflict
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2