Literary Device Vocabulary Quiz

Which definition best describes the word Theme?

• the main idea or the underlying message of a story or piece of literature

• the main details of a character of a story that builds who they are for the reader

• the main location and time that the story takes place

• the main scenes of the story that make up a story line

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which definition best defines Summarization?

• in your own words explaining what the plot is about

• in your words what happened throughout a text

• in your own words describing the protagonist

• in your own words explaining who the author is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does it mean to Directly Quote a piece of literature?

• Summarizing the story line using your own words

• Verbally explaining what the author wrote in their literature

• Directly using word for word what the author wrote in their literature

• Writing a summary of what the author wrote in their literature

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which definition best explains what Plot is?

• a series of quotes within a story line

• a series of times that happen within a story

• a series of answers that a character gives

• a series of connected events that make up the main part of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which definition best describes what Setting is?

• where and when an event or a story takes place

• who the characters are of a story

• where the characters live at in a story

• where the characters are from in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which sentence below best explains Predictions?

• a guess of what may happen in a story to a character or event

• wondering what will happen to a character or a event

• knowing what will happen in a story to a character or event

• explaining to a friend you know exactly what will happen to a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following answers best describes what a Character of a story is?

• the time and place where a person's life changes drastically in a piece of literature

• the way a person explains themselves over a period of time in a piece of literature

• the way a person looks on the outside in a piece of literature

• the acts, feelings, thoughts, a person shoes over time in a piece of literature

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C