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Short Stories & Literary Elements Practice Quiz

Authored by Katherine Ondrof

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Short Stories & Literary Elements Practice Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What is the name for point A, or the part of the plot that introduces setting and characters?

inciting action

rising action

exposition

climax

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What is the name for point B, or the part of the plot that initiates the conflict of the story?

inciting action

rising action

exposition

climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What is the name for point D, or the part of the plot that serves as the turning point?

inciting action

exposition

climax

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is the term for the author's inclusion of hints about what will happen later in the story?

point of view

foreshadowing

dramatic irony

social issues

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Saying the opposite of what is meant is called:

dramatic irony

situational irony

verbal irony

lying

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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When an outcome is the opposite of what's expected or intended it's called:

dramatic irony

situational irony

verbal irony

coincidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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When the audience knows more than characters in a story it's called:

dramatic irony

situational irony

verbal irony

foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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