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literary elements 9th grade Lit/Comp

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

plot elements

a)

the sequence of events in a literary works

b)

a struggle between opposing forces. characters in conflict form the basics of a story

c)

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

d)

general insight or change is conveyed

2.

conflict

a)

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

b)

a struggle between opposing forces. characters in conflict form the basics of a story

c)

general insight or change is conveyed

d)

all the events leading up to the climax

3.

foreshadowing

a)

general insight or change is conveyed

b)

all the events leading to the climax

c)

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

d)

writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

4.

resolution

a)

all the events leading up to the climax

b)

writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

c)

high point of interest or suspense

d)

general insight or change is conveyed

5.

rising action

a)

all the events leading up to the climax

b)

writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

c)

high point of interest or suspense

d)

character who tells the story (narrator) (uses word I or me)

6.

exposition

a)

high point of suspense or interest

b)

writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

c)

character who tells the story (narrator, uses words I or me)

d)

a writers distinctive sound or way of speaking on the page

7.

climax

a)

character who tells a story (narrator, uses words i or me)

b)

a writers distinctive sound or way of speaking on the page

c)

high point of interest or suspense

d)

writers main reason for writing a story

8.

point of view (pov)

a)

a writers distinctive sound or way of speaking on the page

b)

the writers main reason for writing the story

c)

the act of creating and developing a character

d)

character who tells a story (narrator, uses words i or me)

9.

voice

a)

a writers distinctive sound or way of speaking on the page

b)

the writers main reason for writing a story

c)

act of creating and developing a character

d)

a character that shows many different traits

10.

author's purpose

a)

act of creating and developing a character

b)

the writers main reason for writing the story

c)

a character that shows many different traits

d)

a character that only shows one trait

11.

characterization

a)

when a character shows many different traits

b)

when a character shows only one trait

c)

act of creating and developing a character

d)

central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

12.

round character

a)

when a character shows only one trait

b)

central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

c)

general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearances and reality or expectation and result

d)

when a character shows many different traits

13.

flat character

a)

when a character shows only one trait

b)

central message or insight into life revealed through a literary

c)

general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearances and reality or expectation and result

d)

conclusion that violates the expectations if the but in a way that is logical and believable

14.

theme

a)

general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearances and reality or expectation and result

b)

conclusion the violates the expectations of the reader but in a way that is logical and believable

c)

central message of insight into life revealed through a literary work

d)

logical assumptions about information or ideas that are not directly stated in a piece of writing

15.

irony

a)

conclusion that violates the expectations of the reader but in a way that is logical and believable

b)

general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearances and reality or expectation and result

c)

logical assumptions about information or ideas that are not directly stated in a piece of writing

d)

conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative

16.

surprise ending

a)

conclusion that violates the expectations of the reader but in a way that is logical and believable

b)

logical assumptions about information or ideas that are not directly stated in a piece of writing

c)

conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative

d)

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

17.

making inferences

a)

conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative

b)

logical assumptions about information or ideas that are not directly stated in a piece of writing

c)

feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage

d)

any story, element, whether an object, a person, an animal, etc

18.

dialogue

a)

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

b)

any story element, whether an object. a person, an animal, etc

c)

conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative

d)

the sequence of events in a literary works

19.

mood

a)

any story element, whether an object, a person, an animal, etc

b)

a struggle between opposing forces. characters in a conflict form the basics of a story

c)

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

d)

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

20.

symbolism

a)

any story element, whether an object, a person, a animal, etc

b)

the sequence of events in a literary works

c)

a struggle between opposing forces. characters in conflict make up the basics of a story

d)

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur