Recap of Some Literary Elements

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ....

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

___________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue?

Father: We are going to Disney World!

Son: Yay!!!!

• Irritated

• annoyed

• excited

• uninterested

Why is setting important to a story?

• It explains the conflict of the story.

• It sets the mood and gives the context for the characters' actions in the story.

• It helps predict the ending of the story.

• It resolves the conflict between the characters.

What is the setting of the passage below?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion. 

• winter in a train station of a busy city
• a hospital in the future
• a summer morning in a castle
• a grocery store in the 1980's

Which element of plot introduces the characters and the setting of the story?

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

The _______ is SOMETIMES the most exciting part of the story.

• exposition

• poem

• rising action

• climax

A _______ is a struggle that a character has to work through or solve.

• conflict

• sequence

• climax

• solution

You like exploration and discovery. You ask lots of questions because you want to learn more about anything and everything

• Teamwork

• Bravery

• Curiosity

Adrian wanted to dunk a basketball more than anything. He would not give up until he could do it. He would work in the gym for hours practicing his steps and jumping at just the right time.

Adrian is...

• sad

• lazy

• determined