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WorksheetsLiterary Elements
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The exposition of a story ________________________.
a)
Set the stage for the climax
b)
Determines the outcome of the conflict
c)
Presents essential background information
d)
Establishes a new norm
2.
Rising Action ________________________.
a)
Sets the stage for the climax
b)
Includes all the action and events that occur before the climax
c)
Both A and B
d)
None of the above
3.
The climax of a story________________________.
a)
Presents essential background information
b)
Is a turning point or point of greatest intensity
c)
Does not determine the outcome of the conflict
d)
Is the plan or groundwork of the story
4.
________________________ = A series of events that happen after the climax.
a)
Conflict
b)
Exposition
c)
Resolution
d)
Falling Action
5.
Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?
a)
Environment
b)
Intensity
c)
Location
d)
Time
6.
Conflict is the ________________________ between opposing forces.
a)
Struggle
b)
Friendship
c)
Relationship
d)
Story
7.
________________________ conflict takes place in a character’s head/mind.
a)
Internal
b)
External
8.
________________________ conflict takes place between a character and an outside force.
a)
Internal
b)
External
9.
What is point of view?
a)
The way a story expresses the view about life and how people behave
b)
The way a story makes you feel or think
c)
The turning point in the story
d)
The perspective from which the story is being presented
10.
Which point of view uses pronouns like “I”, “we”, “my”?
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
None of the above
11.
What literary device can include memories, dreams, or stories of the past?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Flashback
d)
Irony
12.
What literary device uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen next?
a)
Irony
b)
Suspense
c)
Flashback
d)
Foreshadowing
13.
What literary device uses an object or action that means something other than its literal meaning?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Flashback
d)
Irony
14.
What is giving nonhuman things human characteristics?
a)
personification
b)
characterization
c)
dialogue
d)
imagery
15.
What is a comparison that uses "like" or "as"?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
16.
What is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
17.
What is an episode in the story that tells about something that happened earlier?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
flashback
18.
What is conversation between characters in a story?
a)
dialogue
b)
point of view
c)
dialect
d)
imagery
19.
What is a reference to something well known like the Bible, or mythology?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
characterization
c)
allusion
d)
symbol
20.
What is the story of someone's life told by another person?
a)
biography
b)
autobiography
21.
What is the story of someone's life told by him or herself?
a)
biography
b)
autobiography
22.
What is the high point of action in a story?
a)
climax
b)
satire
c)
imagery
d)
theme
23.
What is writing that is drawn from the writer's imagination?
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
24.
What is writing about real people and events?
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
25.
This is when an author tells what the senses hear, see, smell, taste, or touch to recreate the scene for the reader.
a)
imagery
b)
irony
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
26.
What is the series of events in a story
a)
theme
b)
climax
c)
setting
d)
plot
27.
What is the writer's choice of how the narrator will tell the story?
a)
characterization
b)
style
c)
point of view
d)
fiction
28.
These are words that sound like the noises they represent.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
theme
c)
understatement
d)
hyperbole
29.
What is the author's attitude toward a subject?
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
theme
d)
style
30.
What is repeating the first sound in a series of words?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
conflict
c)
allusion
d)
alliteration
31.
What is a fight or struggle in a story?
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
conflict
d)
style
32.
This is the time and place of the story.
a)
setting
b)
mood
c)
dialect
d)
dialogue
33.
This is the use of exaggeration for effect.
a)
understatement
b)
hyperbole
34.
Analogy is...
a)
a collection of related works printed as one book
b)
the study of rectal medicine
c)
a comparison between two things
d)
the practice of perfecting your writing
35.
Alliteration is...
a)
when several or many words begin with the same letter or sound
b)
when the message of the text repeats itself in a different way
c)
the message of a piece of literature
d)
the beginning of a story
36.
Author's purpose means...
a)
the reason the author chose this title
b)
the reason the author is alive
c)
the reason the author loves to write
d)
the reason the author wrote this piece
37.
Metaphor means...
a)
a direct comparison between two things that is also literally applicable B e
b)
a direct comparison between two things that is NOT literally applicabl
c)
a comparison between two things that uses the word "like" or "as"
d)
a comparison between two stories
38.
Irony means...
a)
when something is the opposite of typical expectations
b)
10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
c)
something strong, as in made of iron
d)
sarcasm
39.
Inference means...
a)
something that the reader prefers
b)
a conclusion based on opinion
c)
something the reader believes will happen
d)
a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
40.
Tone means...
a)
the feel of a story
b)
the attitude of the writer toward his or her subject(s)
c)
the pitch of a noise
d)
the personal opinions of the author
41.
In a story, point of view means...
a)
whose perspective the author uses to tell the story
b)
whether or not a story has a narrator
c)
the author's opinion about the events in the story
d)
what the reader can see about the story
42.
An example of a simile is...
a)
It's raining cats and dogs.
b)
The noise was a stormy ocean, crashing violently on the shore.
c)
If the shoe fits, wear it.
d)
The noise was like a stormy ocean, crashing violently on the shore.
43.
Theme means...
a)
the title of a piece of literature
b)
the topic of a piece of literature
c)
the overall message of a piece of literature
d)
the feeling of a piece of literature
44.
Mood means...
a)
the author's opinions
b)
how the author feels while writing
c)
the emotional atmosphere the author creates for the reader
d)
what the author chooses to write about
45.
An example of alliteration is...
a)
If the shoe fits, wear it.
b)
She sells seashells by the seashore.
c)
Who are you, you hooligan, you?
d)
My heart is like an ocean.
46.
A character's problem or struggle such as jealousy, anger, or fear
a)
characterization
b)
flashbask
c)
internal conflict
d)
mood
47.
An interruption in the present action of a story to tell what happened at an earlier time
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
personification
d)
imagery
48.
The attitude of the writer that is revealed in his/her story
a)
irony
b)
point of view
c)
tone
d)
analogy
49.
A person's account of his or her own life or a part of it
a)
essay
b)
biography
c)
autobiography
d)
historical fiction
50.
A point of view that uses the pronouns "you," "your," and "yours" and rarely appears in fiction
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third person
d)
fourth person
51.
Parts of a __ include a cast of characters, setting, dialogue, stage directions, and scenes.
a)
drama
b)
prose
c)
poem
d)
historical fiction
52.
An extreme exaggeration
a)
alliteration
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
53.
Writing that deals with real people, events, and places
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
c)
historical fiction
d)
genre
54.
The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict
a)
the climax
b)
the theme
c)
the resolution
d)
the introduction
55.
The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
What type of conflict is best shown here...
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. society
57.
Which part of the plot is
the most intense?
the most intense?
a)
falling action
b)
exposition
c)
exposition
d)
climax
58.
A struggle between two or more opposing forces.
a)
climax
b)
conflict
c)
character
d)
chapter
59.
What type of conflict is best shown here...
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. society
60.
True or False? A 3rd person omniscient narrator sees all and knows all.
a)
true
b)
false
61.
She liked ice cream, but he liked cake. So they bought both.
a)
3rd person
b)
2nd person
c)
1st person
62.
The opposing character or force to the main character
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
c)
plankton
d)
villian
63.
Words spelled the way they sound
a)
Onomatoepoia
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Onamatapia
d)
Onamotopoeia
64.
What poetic device is this?
a)
Repetition
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
65.
A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.
a)
Imagery
b)
Image
c)
Imagination
d)
Imagerie
66.
A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm
a)
Repitition
b)
Repetion
c)
Repetition
d)
Repiteteion
67.
Lines forming a group or a unit in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay
a)
Repetition
b)
Rhythm
c)
Rhyme
d)
Stanza
68.
Words that sound the same:
Cat / Hat
Fire / Desire
Fake / Steak
Pitter / Patter
Cat / Hat
Fire / Desire
Fake / Steak
Pitter / Patter
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Stanza
69.
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
70.
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
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