Grade 8 literature diagnostic test

The protagonist is:

• The character that helps the story to move along.

• The character that opposes the main character

• The main character of the story

• The boring character

Identify one element of prose fiction.

• Antagonist

• Plot

• Foil

• Conflict

Settings refers to:

• The time and location of a story

• The climate of a story

• How the story is set out

• The weather in the story

The moral of the story is also known as the …

• Storyline

• Climax

• Character

• Theme

The point of the story when the conflict reaches its peak is called the…

• Climax

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Denouement

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ is an example of a

• Plot

• Conflict

• Setting

• Theme

When the story is told by a speaker outside of the story, this is known as.

• Characterization

• Setting

• Third person narrative

• Antagonist

When two consecutive lines of poetry constitute a unit, it is called a________________

• Poem

• Couplet

• Rhyme

• Bi-line

The statement, ‘After the accident he ached in a million places’ is an example of.

• Dishonesty

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Words like ‘crash’, ‘splash’ and ‘murmur’ appeal to which of the senses ______________

• Taste

• Sight

• Hearing

• Touch