Identify Elements in Literature

An internal conflict takes place

• between a character and an outside force.

• outside the setting of the story.

• within the mind of the character.

• between two conflicting characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

Summarizing means

• stating the main ideas of what you read in a logical sequence.

• memorizing all details, including minor characters' names and actions.

• using vivid language to describe the setting where the action takes place.

• accounting for each plot point, along with characters' thoughts and feelings.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is a flashback?

• a scene in which a character mentions something that happened earlier.

• an interruption of a story's chronology to describe an earlier event.

• a technique an author uses to change the setting to a different tone.

• an nterruption of the plot to return to character development.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The passage above describes an example of

• dramatic irony.

• analytical irony.

• situational irony.

• figurative irony.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which of these is part of the plot of a short story?

• theme

• humor

• climax

• narrator

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A reader will most likely have to make inferences about characters if the author uses

• indirect characterization.

• flat characters.

• an exotic setting.

• a simple theme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The theme of a short story can be described as the

• voice of the author.

• summary of the story's plot.

• message of the story.

• overall style of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The author uses dialogue in a short story primarily to

• amuse the reader.

• develop the plot.

• state the theme.

• address the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who is the narrator of the short story?

• the author of the story

• a person who tells the story

• the comic relief in the story

• the foil for the protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What point of view is used in the passage above?

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6