Literary Elements

Which of the following is the best definition for a subplot?

• the main events in a story

• a secondary or side story that develops from and supports the main plot

• the details of the story as related to the audience by the narrator

• A hint or warning of a future event in a story

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is NOT a literary element?

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A narrator tells a story from his or her _____________

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following is the best definition of third-person limited?

• the narrator tells the story from the perspective of a single character, referring to them by name or using pronouns such as they/she/he

• writing from the perspective of a narrator, hovering outside the story. The narrator knows everything, but the characters don't.

• the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. The narration usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group)

• uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader. This narrative voice implies that the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Running in the Luis J. Rodriguez's memoir Always Running is an example of which literary element?

• motif

• theme

• setting

• characters

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which ONE of the following is the best definition of a theme?

• a piece of evidence that proves an idea

• a writer's attitude about a subject or characters

• a lesson moral of a story

• a writer’s central idea or main message

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2