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WorksheetsLiterary Elements
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 20mins
This is the literary term used to describe when the author tells ALL the thoughts and feelings of all the characters:
alliteration
static character
3rd person omniscient point of view
3rd person limited point of view
This type of setting influences the plot of the story. In other words, the plot cannot continue without this setting:
backdrop setting
integral setting
This setting changes because the setting is not important for the story to continue. In other words, the plot can take place anywhere because the setting is not important to the outcome of the story line.
backdrop setting
integral setting
daunting setting
conflict setting
This term is used to describe a lesson about life or human nature and the lesson of the story.
plot
theme
setting
point of view
What can a reader use to find the theme of a story?
Character relationship/interaction
Dialogue
Repeated words/phrases
Symbolism
All of the above.
This type of character does not change his/her thoughts or feelings throughout the story.
Static character
Dynamic character
Flat character
Round character
When characters have opposing interests or goals this results in:
Personification
Traits
Alliterations
Conflicts
This type of character changes his/her thoughts or feelings throughout the story.
static character
dynamic character
flat character
round character
The way the story is told; the perspective or angle of vision or position from which the events of the story are told?
plot
setting
theme
point of view
This point of view is represented when an author uses he, she, or they when the narrator is speaking about thoughts and feelings. The author also tells only the thoughts or feelings of one of the main characters.
first person point of view
second person point of view
3rd person omniscient point of view
3rd person limited point of view
This point of view is often used when an author is stating an opinion or sharing a feeling. This point of view is also used if the narrator in the book is talking and using “I” or “we”.
first person point of view
second person point of view
3rd person omniscient point of view
3rd person limited point of view
The feeling the reader gets after reading is defined as...
Mood
Tone
Personification
Symbolism
The author’s attitude towards the subject is defined as...
Mood
Tone
Personification
Symbolism
How does the author convey tone to the audience?
Strategic words/phrases
Symbolism
Figurative language: similes, metaphors, etc....
All of the above.
Circle all the choices that are considered internal conflicts:
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
Circle all the choices that are considered external conflicts:
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
The men fighting against the great white shark in “Jaws” is what type of conflict?
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
Man vs Self
What type of conflict is where the Greasers and the Socs fight in “Outsiders?”
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
In “The Hunger Games” Katniss is fighting against the capital. What type of conflict is this?
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
“I told you a million times to do that” is an example of what literary device?
Hyperbole
Personfication
Symbolism
Conflict
Literary device that misleads or distracts the reader from a relevant or important question.
Symbolism
Allegory
Alliteration
Red herring
“Pow” “zap” “buzz” are examples of what type of literary device?
Allegory
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
“You don’t have to be Albert Einstein to understand poetry” is what type of literary device?
Allegory
Allusion
Juxatposition
Foreshadowing
“Sheep should sleep in a shed” is what type of literary device?
Alliteration
Allegory
Symbolism
Conflict
In literature, if one character lives on the good side of town, while another lives just across the railroad tracks on the bad side of town, the author is using an example of what literary device?
Allegory
Allusion
Juxtaposition
Foreshadowing
”If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing” is an example of what type of literary device?
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Allegory
Allusion
What literary device is it in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?
Foreshadowing
Allegory
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
“The sun laughed at the people below” is what type of literary device?
Allegory
Alliteration
Personification
Juxtaposition
“They fought like cats and dogs” is an example of what type of literary element?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Spoonerism
“The snow is a white blanket” is an example of what type of literary element?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Spoonerism
“Jumbo Shrimp” is an example of what type of literary element?
Flashback
Oxymoron
Imagery
Irony
The author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work using the five senses is what?
Flashback
Symbolism
Imagery
Irony
The most important idea the reader gets from a story, a universal life lesson. What type of literary element does this definition fit?
Simile
Theme
Symbolism
Flashback
The color red can be seen as: love, blood, danger, immoral character. What type of literary device is this?
Flashback
Oxymoron
Symbolism
Irony
A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lecture. What type of literary device?
Personification
Spoonerism
Irony
Symbolism
Saying “it’s a really nice day!” when there is a huge snowstorm outside is an example of what type of irony?
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
A fire hydrant on fire is an example of type of irony?
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
When the reader knows something the character doesn’t, what type of irony is that?
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
