Literary Elements PRE-Assessment (Study Guide)

Read the poem titled "Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein.

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!

His underwear is hanging on the lamp.

His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,

And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.

His workbook is wedged in the window,

His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.

His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,

And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.

His books are all jammed in the closet,

His vest has been left in the hall.

A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,

And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!

Donald or Robert or Willie or—

Huh? You say it’s mine? Oh, dear,

I knew it looked familiar!

This poem is written from which point of view?

• 1st person POV

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

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Read the poem titled "Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein.

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!

His underwear is hanging on the lamp.

His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,

And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.

His workbook is wedged in the window,

His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.

His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,

And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.

His books are all jammed in the closet,

His vest has been left in the hall.

A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,

And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!

Donald or Robert or Willie or—

Huh? You say it’s mine? Oh, dear,

I knew it looked familiar!

What is the tone of this poem?

• serious

• sincere

• humorous

• angry

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Read the following passage.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Little Red Riding Hood. The little girl was very fond of her

grandmother, who lived in the forest. One day her mother made cakes for the little girl to take to her sick grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood thought she was such a big girl to be going through the forest alone, so off she went with her little basket.

As the little girl began her journey to her grandmother’s house, she left the path and stopped to pick some lovely flowers. “My grandmother will love these,” she thought. The little girl was so busy picking flowers that she did not see the wolf sneak up behind her.

“Little girl, what do you have in your basket?” asked Wolf.

“I have cakes for my poor sick grandmother who lives in the forest,” she replied as she walked back to the path.

"Oh, how nice of you,” the wolf replied. The wolf thought of a perfect plan for lunch! He knew his plan would surely work. He raced through the forest to Grandmother’s house. When he arrived, he threw Grandmother in the wardrobe and quickly put on her cap and night gown. He crawled into the bed just as Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” said the wolf.

“It is I, Red Riding Hood. I have cakes for you, Grandmother,” said the little girl. The little girl walked into her

grandmother’s room.

“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”

“The better to hear you with, my dear.”

“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”

“The better to see you with, my dear.”

“Grandmother, what big teeth you have!”

“The better to eat you with, my dear,” the wolf said as he jumped out of bed.

Little Red Riding Hood began to scream. Luckily, a woodsman was nearby and heard the scream. The woodsman rushed to the house and chased the wolf away. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were safe. Little Red Riding Hood thought to herself, “I have learned my lesson! I shall never talk to strangers again!”

This story is written from which point of view?

• 1st person POV

• 3rd person limited

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

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Read the following passage.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Little Red Riding Hood. The little girl was very fond of her

grandmother, who lived in the forest. One day her mother made cakes for the little girl to take to her sick grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood thought she was such a big girl to be going through the forest alone, so off she went with her little basket.

As the little girl began her journey to her grandmother’s house, she left the path and stopped to pick some lovely flowers. “My grandmother will love these,” she thought. The little girl was so busy picking flowers that she did not see the wolf sneak up behind her.

“Little girl, what do you have in your basket?” asked Wolf.

“I have cakes for my poor sick grandmother who lives in the forest,” she replied as she walked back to the path.

"Oh, how nice of you,” the wolf replied. The wolf thought of a perfect plan for lunch! He knew his plan would surely work. He raced through the forest to Grandmother’s house. When he arrived, he threw Grandmother in the wardrobe and quickly put on her cap and night gown. He crawled into the bed just as Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” said the wolf.

“It is I, Red Riding Hood. I have cakes for you, Grandmother,” said the little girl. The little girl walked into her

grandmother’s room.

“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”

“The better to hear you with, my dear.”

“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”

“The better to see you with, my dear.”

“Grandmother, what big teeth you have!”

“The better to eat you with, my dear,” the wolf said as he jumped out of bed.

Little Red Riding Hood began to scream. Luckily, a woodsman was nearby and heard the scream. The woodsman rushed to the house and chased the wolf away. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were safe. Little Red Riding Hood thought to herself, “I have learned my lesson! I shall never talk to strangers again!”

The theme of this story is _______________________.

• be careful when going on journeys

• always do what you are told

• never talk to strangers

• woodsmen will always help you if you are in trouble

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What literary element is most apparent in the following passage?

"It was midnight in the foggy bayou. As the car rounded the last curve, the old mansion appeared before them. They drove slowly towards the looming shadows that were created by the menacing structure."

• mood

• theme

• tone

• symbol

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What else can be determined from passage?

"It was midnight in the foggy bayou. As the car rounded the last curve, the old mansion appeared before them. They drove slowly towards the looming shadows that were created by the menacing structure."

• antagonist

• protagonist

• setting

• tone

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A type of external conflict where the setting or the environment works against the protagonist is called __________.

• person vs. self

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

• person vs. society

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Which of the following is NOT a basic element of fiction?

• metaphors

• plot

• characters

• setting

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Read the following selection.

Jada scratched her chin. This was a difficult case! The clues all pointed to one suspect, Lester Wood. But Lester had been out of town the night of the crime. "This must have been a setup," Jada insisted to Officer Green. "Someone wanted to make it look like Wood robbed the old Hansen house—not realizing that Wood was in another city that night." Officer Green sat down in his old office chair. "Does Wood have any enemies? We've got to bring another suspect here to the station as soon as possible. This case has been open for too long."

This excerpt is likely from which stage of the story's plot?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

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Read the following passage:

As she entered the dance studio, Vanessa saw a penny on the ground. "See a penny, pick it up; all the day you'll have good luck," she said to herself as she reached for the coin. She was stretching at the handrail when Madam Porter walked in.

"Do you feel ready?" asked Madam.

"As ready as I'll ever be," said Vanessa. Just in case, she placed the penny in her toe shoe before she tied it up. Walking quickly behind Madam Porter, she entered the audition room.

Afterward, Vanessa clutched her acceptance form and stared at herself in the mirror. "I did it, I did it!" she whispered. "I'm going to be part of the Junior Company of the City Ballet!

Which event foreshadows Vanessa's acceptance into the Junior company?

• stretching at the handrail

• Madam Porter's question

• finding a penny

• staring in the mirror

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