Middle School Literary Terms

Middle School Literary Terms

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Middle School Literary Terms

Middle School Literary Terms

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.8.3, L.11-12.4C

+27

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

Falling Action

Rising Action

Conflict

Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

Conflict

Exposition

Resolution

Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

Mood

Tone

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.

Internal Conflict

Metaphor

Simile

External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.

External Conflict

Tone

Internal Conflict

Mood

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

1 min • 5 pts

Perspective from which the story is told.

Foreshadowing

Point of View

Plot

Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Narrator only gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of ONE character in a story, uses pronouns such as "she" "they", narrator not a character in the story

First Person Point of View

Second Person Point of View

Third Person Omniscient ("all knowing") Point of View

Third Person Limited Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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