Literary Elements Quiz #1

Central idea or universal message of a story

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

events that happen from the climax to the resolution

• plot

• falling action

• rising action

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

time and place in which a story occurs

• climax

• plot

• setting

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

series of events making up the action of a story

• plot

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

point of highest action; a turning point

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

events leading up to the climax

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the "working out" or unraveling of the plot

• exposition

• theme

• resolution

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

sets the scene; introduces characters and setting

• resolution

• exposition

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

_________________________ is a literary work which is set in an imaginary world and concerns unreal or magical characters.

• fantasy

• science fiction

• nonfiction

• genre

A type or category of literature is its ____________________.

• fiction

• nonfiction

• historical fiction

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10