ELA Unit 1 Story Elements Test Review

What is author's purpose?

• the conflict in a story

• the central message of a story

• the reason an author writes a story

• where a story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?

• character vs character

• character vs nature

• internal

• character vs government

Which of the following is an example of an internal conflict?

• the hero is fighting against the villain

• the main character is trying to make a decision

• the main character is drowning in the ocean

• the main character is fighting against injustice

Which of the following is NOT a type of external conflict?

• character vs self

• character vs character

• character vs society

• character vs nature

Which of the following lines contains dialogue?

• Naturally Matilda was put in the bottom class, where there were eighteen other small boys and girls about the same age as her.

• After the usual business of going through all the names of the children, Miss Honey handed out a brand-new exercise-book to each pupil.

• "Stop!" Miss Honey said. She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital, and now she said, "How far can you go?"

• Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an allusion?

• the overall message of a story

• where the story takes place

• when an author uses dialogue or plot to describe a character

• a casual reference to something from literature or history

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is characterization?

• What a character does in a story.

• What a character says in a story.

• The way that an author describes a character in a story.

• The conflict between characters in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where two or more characters have a conversation, this is called ______________ in a story.

• talking

• dialogue

• plot

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which statement is the best definition of theme in a text?

• A theme is a message that a story conveys about a topic.

• A theme always focuses on ideas related to friendship.

• A theme is proof that something is real, true, or accurate.

• A theme is a change from one thing or form to another.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

The struggle between opposing forces or characters is called

• symbolism

• characterization

• conflict

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2