Literary Elements Pretest 7th grade

The turning point of the story is the __.

• plot

• resolution

• climax

• introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The feeling a reader gets from reading a selection is the __.

• theme

• complication

• suspense

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When something represents something else, it is called __.

• theme

• symbolism

• climax

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's main message, or what they want the reader to understand or learn from a selection is the __.

• theme

• resolution

• setting

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The beginning of a story, where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is the __.

• setting

• falling action

• introduction/exposition

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A feeling of anxiety or uncertainty, or wanting to know what will happen in a selection, is ___.

• suspense

• conflict

• inference

• prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The time and place in which a selection occurs is the __.

• point of view

• falling action

• conflict

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character faces a problem that they must solve themselves; this usually involves making a decision of some kind

• rising action

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The part of the selection where most of the events take place. Typically this is the largest part of the story and leads up to the climax.

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action

• introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The main events of a selection make up its __.

• plot

• setting

• resolution

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3