Literary Elements Test Review

What is the message that the author conveys to his/her audience through the piece of literature?

• main idea

• moral

• theme

• subject matter

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When an author tells his/her audience the traits of a character

• characterization

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• round character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The time and place that a story occurs

• setting

• background information

• exposition

• location

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character who does not change as a result of his or her experiences in the story

• round character

• flat character

• dynamic character

• static character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The highest point of interest or suspense in a story's plot

• rising action

• initiating event

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hints or clues that an author provides about future story events

• irony

• foreshadowing

• paradox

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character in the story is the narrator

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator is not part of the story and gives the reader insight into the thoughts and actions of all the characters

• first person

• third person-limited

• third person-omniscient

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator is not part of the story and informs the reader of the thoughts and experiences of one character

• first person

• third person - limited

• third person - omniscient

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6