ELA Literary Elements and Devices practice

Which answer is the best choice for alliteration?

• device involving creating the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, often wen words begin with the same letter

• sequence of events and happenings that make up a story

• atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the reader

• a series of related events that create interest, tension, and suspense and where characters begin to solve the problem

Which answer is the best choice for rising action?

• device involving creating the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, often wen words begin with the same letter

• sequence of events and happenings that make up a story

• atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the reader

• a series of related events that create interest, tension, and suspense and where characters begin to solve the problem

Which answer is the best choice for the plot in a story?

• device involving creating the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, often wen words begin with the same letter

• sequence of events and happenings that make up a story

• atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the reader

• a series of related events that create interest, tension, and suspense and where characters begin to solve the problem

Which answer is the best choice for mood as a literary element?

• device involving creating the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, often wen words begin with the same letter

• sequence of events and happenings that make up a story

• atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the reader

• a series of related events that create interest, tension, and suspense and where characters begin to solve the problem

The story's central turning point is

• the climax

• denouement

• personification

• falling action

The very ending of a story where any remaining secrets, questions or mysteries which remain after the resolution are solved or explained. Sometimes the author leaves us to think about the theme or future possibilities for the characters.

• the climax

• denouement

• personification

• falling action

The practice of attaching human characteristics and traits to inanimate objects and animals (things that aren't human).

• the climax

• denouement

• personification

• falling action

The parts of the story after the climax and before the resolution.

• the climax

• denouement

• personification

• falling action

A literary device wherein the author depicts the occurrence of events to the reader, which have taken place before the events that are currently taking place in the story.

• assonance

• flashback

• simile

• conflict

The repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.

• assonance

• flashback

• simile

• conflict