Literary Elements
Authored by Mark Breckles
English
12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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."
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word means "the character opposite or against the main character in a story?"
Protagonist
Antaognist
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary term is when "the author provides hints or clues about future events in the story?
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Conflict
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Check the FOUR terms that are all examples of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
Simile
Metaphor
Conflict
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False: Dramatic Irony is when the audience/reader knows something that the characters in the story does not know.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
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