Short Story Literary Elements

Quiz

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English

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9th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.6.3, RL.7.3, RL.11-12.4

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Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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40 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The struggle or main problem that propels the story forward is called what?

Plot

Action

Conflict

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the “when” and “where” of any story?

Plot

Setting

Conflict

Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The atmosphere of feeling that a writer creates for a reader, or how the reader feels...

Tone

Mood

Emotional Landscape

Expressive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A contradiction between the actual outcome and the expected outcome...
Also, to mean the opposite of what you say refers to what?

Idiom

Irony

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A simple comparison using "like" or "as"...

Metaphor

Simile

Symbolism

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison that describes something by referring to something else WITHOUT using “like” or “as”
(to express a non-literal likeness between two things)…

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What device describes sound effects such as “Bang”, “Boom”, or “Clang”?

Alliteration

Rhyme

Repetition

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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