WorksheetsElements of Literature Bryant
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 41mins
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
exposition
rising action
climax
resolution
Point of View can be described as
The person telling the story
The conversations that are taking place in the story
The perspective from which the story is told
The main idea of the story
Where and when the story takes place is called the ___.
Plot
Expostion
Rising Action
Setting
The central message or moral of a narrative is called the ____.
Theme
Character
Plot
Climax
A figure of speech where two seemingly contrasting terms are combined to create a new term (Ex. Jumbo shrimp, bittersweet, act naturally) is...
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Idiom
It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.
What is your text evidence? __________________________________
When a narrator knows what all characters are doing and thinking, that is called the
third person limited point of view
third person omniscient point of view
first person point of view
What is the mood of the passage?
A character that, has few traits and is easily described but not well-developed is...
the antagonist
the protagonist
round
flat
What is a 'dynamic character'?
A character that goes through a change
A character that stays the same
A character with super powers
A character who dies
What type of conflict is this:
Katniss Everdeen fights against the govenment of Panem
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature
Man vs. Self
What point of view is this piece of text?
"Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well."
First person
Second person
Third person
The "people, forces, or elements that go against the protagonist" is called the ___________________________.
protagonist
main character
antagonist
Understanding of the characters comes from what they say, do, and think and how others act toward the characters.
Plot
Theme
Climax
Characterization
Which of the following is an example of Man vs Society?
When a character has an argument with another character.
When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
When a character disagrees with the values, laws, or beliefs of a group.
Which of the following is an example of Man vs Self?
When a character disagrees with the values, laws, or beliefs of a group.
When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
When a character has an argument with another character
A scene from the past that breaks into the order of events and provides important information about the past is known as what?
foreshadowing
interruption
flashback
resolution
A comparison of two unlike things where one becomes the other is a ___________________.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects is called ___________________.
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Idiom
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter is called a ___________________.
Plot
Short Story
Genre
Fiction
A _______________________ is a relatively brief fictional narrative having definite formal development.
Poem
Biography
Novel
Short Story
____________________ is a literary technique that shows differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention
Hyperbole
Conflict
Irony
Analogy
_______________________ is the dictionary definition of a word or phrase.
Denotation
Connotation
Figurative Language
Fiction
_______________ is the feelings/emotions associated with a word or phrase.
Denotation
Connotation
Figurative Language
Fiction
Diction is
language that appeals to the senses
the central idea of a story; what the author is saying about humanity or the world in general
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as is a __________________.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Language that appeals to the senses is _____________________. (There are at least 5 different types.)
Figurative language
Genres
Imagery
Fiction
A __________________ stands for itself and for something else like the American flag or the Statue of Liberty.
Personification
Symbol
Idiom
Theme
The _______________________ is the main character or the one for whom the reader feels empathy.
Protagonist
Antagonist
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
When an author gives the reader a clue early in the text that something will happen later, it’s called __________________________.
Flashback
Figurative Language
Mystery
Foreshadowing
The ________________________ is the character or force that goes against the main character.
Protagonist
Antagonist
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
______________________________ is defined as the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named like buzz, sizzle, or bang.
Allusion
Alliteration
Onomatoepoeia
Consonance
Oh, what a delicious and darling day it is! contains an example of ___________________
Allusion
Alliteration
Onomatoepoeia
Assonance
A reference to something else in the text is called an ________________________; the five main types are Biblical, mythological, cultural, literary (Shakespeare, fairy tales), and historical.
Allusion
Alliteration
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
