Literary Elements

What would not be a feature of a story's setting?

• The year

• The weather

• A character's thoughts

• A haunted house

Answer explanation

The definition of setting is "The time and place of a story." A character's thoughts aren't a part of either.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Find the TWO similes!

• I am so tired I could sleep for 1,000 years.

• Madonna is a legend!

• John is as quick as a cat.

• The sandwich was so big it was like a skyscraper.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sentence is a METAPHOR?

• Michelle is an animal on the tennis court.

• Derek is as skinny as a rail.

• I am so hungry I could eat 100 bowls of ice cream.

• The sky was crying.

Answer explanation

A metaphor is a comparison when you state one thing is another! It can be in the past tense too, like "Johnny was a beast last year."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which word means "the character opposite or against the main character in a story?"

• Protagonist

• Antaognist

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary term is when "the author provides hints or clues about future events in the story?

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Check the FOUR terms that are all examples of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Conflict

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False: Dramatic Irony is when the audience/reader knows something that the characters in the story does not know.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.5A

True or False: In Lord of the Flies:

Ralph is the protagonist

Jack is the antagonist

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The mood of a story is:

• The attitude of the author

• The attitude of the narrator

• The emotion the character feels in the story

• The emotion the reader feels while reading

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In Lord of the Flies, the references to Jesus Christ and the Garden of Eden serve as:

• Metaphors

• Allusions

• Conflicts

• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9