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WorksheetsLiterary Elements
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 51mins
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1.
It was the first football game for the Gators. The coach asked if everyone was ready. The players jumped and replied, "Yes!"
In what tone did the Gators's reply?
In what tone did the Gators's reply?
a)
Calm
b)
Serious
c)
Happy
d)
Enthusiastic
2.
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.
3.
A theme should be a statement, not just one word.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
Foreshadowing is ___________
a)
When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion
b)
The way you, the reader, feels at the end of a story.
c)
Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come
d)
The author's/character's attitude towards his/her subject, setting, or character(s)
5.
The best definition of theme is...
a)
The lesson the author is teaching.
b)
The message the author is sending.
c)
A word that summarizes the story.
d)
The character's main problem.
6.
15. The attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience (formal, informal, serious, playful, etc.) ______________________
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
symbol
7.
The story's time and place is
a)
tone
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
voice
8.
The atmosphere or emotional setting of a text is also called the......
a)
Mood
b)
Theme
c)
Imagery
d)
Alliteration
9.
a character, object, or event that represents something deeper
a)
irony
b)
suspense
c)
theme
d)
symbol
10.
a character whose personality or outlook on life changes as a result of the story
a)
static character
b)
dynamic character
c)
round character
d)
flat character
11.
Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?
a)
That guy is pretty old.
b)
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are my favorite.
c)
This sandwich has been in the fridge for a week.
d)
My Grandma is as old as the hills.
13.
What is an example of a metaphor?
a)
He is as bright as the morning son.
b)
She's as cold as ice.
c)
Life is an uphill battle.
d)
Life is like a box of chocolates.
13.
What is an example of a metaphor?
a)
He is as bright as the morning son.
b)
She's as cold as ice.
c)
Life is an uphill battle.
d)
Life is like a box of chocolates.
14.
What is irony?
a)
It is the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of literal meaning.
b)
Literary device that is contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs.
c)
Difference between surface meaning of something that is said and the underlying meaning.
d)
All of the above!
15.
What is another name for excitement, tension, or curiosity in a story?
a)
Suspense
b)
Climax
c)
Conflict
d)
Mood
16.
What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?
a)
Point of View
b)
Character
c)
Theme
d)
Setting
17.
How many characters' thoughts and feelings can readers understand in a Third-Person Omniscient story?
a)
two or more
b)
two or three
c)
all of the characters
d)
only one
18.
How many characters' thoughts and feelings can readers understand in a Third-Person Limited story?
a)
Two or three characters
b)
only one character
c)
no characters
d)
all of the characters
19.
When a character has to decide between right and wrong, what kind of conflict is this?
a)
Internal
b)
External
20.
Happiness lands on the roof of the next house, singing...
a)
Symbolism
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Personification
d)
Paradox
21.
The world is ripe with Georgia peaches plucked straight from the tree;
a)
Metonymy
b)
Antithesis
c)
Refrain
d)
Metaphor
22.
You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Irony
23.
In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.
a)
Allusion & Imagery
b)
Simile & Metaphor
c)
Foreshadowing & Irony
d)
Personification & Mood
24.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
25.
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
26.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
27.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
28.
“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
-William Sharp
-William Sharp
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
29.
A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.
a)
Allusion
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
30.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.
- John Milton
- John Milton
a)
Simile
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
31.
Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
32.
I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
33.
"If I were young. If I were strong. If I were loved. If I were wrong." The "ifs" are an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Repetition
34.
The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
35.
A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
36.
What type of irony is this?
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
37.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space is a (this is like the paragraph of poetry)...
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
39.
Imagery appeals to the ______________.
a)
brain
b)
senses
c)
crazy people
d)
memory
40.
THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
a)
alliteration
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
stanza
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