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WorksheetsElements of Literature
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does the following simile mean?
"She loves the water so much that in the pool, she's like a fish."
"She loves the water so much that in the pool, she's like a fish."
a)
She swims well.
b)
She needs help swimming.
c)
She is likely to drown.
d)
She has fins and gills.
2.
The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
This is an example of...
This is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
eardrums
3.
After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
This is an example of...
This is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hot chocolate
4.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
5.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
6.
The correct order of plot stages is...
a)
exposition, falling action, climax, resolution, rising action
b)
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
c)
resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
d)
rising action, exposition, climax, resolution, falling action
7.
Which of these is an
internal conflict?
internal conflict?
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. society
d)
character vs. nature
8.
Which part of the plot
creates tension and suspense?
creates tension and suspense?
a)
rising action
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
9.
A struggle between two or more opposing forces.
a)
climax
b)
conflict
c)
character
d)
chapter
10.
"True love can conquer anything" is an example of a story's what?
a)
Main Idea
b)
Motto
c)
Summary
d)
Theme
11.
The type of conflict that involves one's battle within one's self.
a)
Man vs. Man
b)
Internal Conflict
c)
External Conflict
d)
Man vs. Nature
12.
The opposing character or force to the main character
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
c)
plankton
d)
villian
13.
True or False? There can be many themes found in one story.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The message in a story-What the author wants you to learn/understand.
a)
Setting
b)
Theme
c)
Conflict
d)
Protagonist
15.
The story's time and place is
a)
tone
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
voice
16.
A character who changes over the course of the story is a
a)
flat character
b)
round character
c)
dynamic character
d)
static character
17.
A character who stays the same over the course of a story is a
a)
flat character
b)
round character
c)
dynamic character
d)
static character
18.
The sequence of events that ties the beginning of a story to the end.
a)
theme
b)
setting
c)
tone
d)
plot
19.
The person who tells the story is the
a)
character
b)
setting
c)
point of view
d)
narrator
20.
The relationship between the narrator and the story is called
a)
setting
b)
point of view
c)
plot
d)
narrator
21.
Which point of view has a narrator that is outside the story and uses "him/her," "he/she," or "they/their"?
a)
First person point of view
b)
Second person point of view
c)
Third person point of view
d)
Fourth person point of view
22.
Character versus an outside force is an __________ conflict
a)
internal
b)
external
23.
What is an allusion?
a)
when a magician saws Faith Yageman in half
b)
A reference to a know work of art or character in history or literature
c)
A comparison using like or as.
d)
A comparison of two disimilar items.
24.
A look back to an earlier event...
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
25.
A hint of something happening later on...
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
26.
“Remember, Cinderella,” warned her fairy godmother, “you must leave the ball at midnight. If you stay later, everything will turn back as it was. Your coach will become a pumpkin again. Your gown will become rags. Promise me you will remember.”
“Of course, I’ll remember,” said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music.
“Of course, I’ll remember,” said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music.
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
27.
Often times provides background information
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
28.
"Don Ricardo was mean- tempered and rude"
What type of characterization?
What type of characterization?
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
29.
When a writer TELLS you exactly what the character is like, the method is called __________ characterization.
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Blunt Characterization
c)
Indirect Characterization
d)
Straightforward Characterization
30.
If the writer SHOWS you through the character's actions, the method is called ________ characterization
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Blunt Characterization
c)
Indirect Characterization
d)
Straightforward Characterization
31.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
32.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
33.
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"
a)
Annoying
b)
Excited
c)
Calm
d)
Scary
34.
Perhaps because bats are nocturnal in habit, a wealth of thoroughly unreliable legend has grown up about them, and men have made of the harmless, even beneficial little beasts a means of expressing their unreasoned fears. Bats were the standard paraphernalia for witches, the females half of humanity stood in terror that bats would become entangled in their hair. Phrases crept into the language expressing man’s revulsion or ignorance—“Bat’s in the Belfry,” “Batty,” “Blind as a Bat.”
a)
creepy
b)
scary
c)
informational
d)
exciting
35.
Ling was chewing the gum. When her teacher told her to spit it out and throw it in the trash, she talked back.
What tone did Ling use with her teacher?
What tone did Ling use with her teacher?
a)
Apologetic
b)
Sarcastic
c)
Disrespectful
d)
uncertain
36.
Julia was waiting nervously for her test.
What is the mood?
What is the mood?
a)
Dramatic
b)
Afraid
c)
angry
d)
Approving
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