Literary Elements 11-12

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 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 primary problem that the characters in a story face. It can be broken down into four categories: person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, and person vs. self.

• assonance

• flashback

• simile

• conflict

Which description best represents the resolution in a story?

• literary device in which one subject is implied to be another to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits without using "like" or "as"

• the base that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece--basically the main subject

• brings the story to a close in some way when the character solves the main conflict or someone solves it for him/her.

• where a story takes place

Which choice best describes the setting of a story?

• literary device in which one subject is implied to be another to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits without using "like" or "as"

• the base that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece--basically the main subject

• brings the story to a close in some way when the character solves the main conflict or someone solves it for him/her.

• where a story takes place