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Literary Elements

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

This is the literary term used to describe when the author tells ALL the thoughts and feelings of all the characters:

a)

alliteration

b)

static character

c)

3rd person omniscient point of view

d)

3rd person limited point of view

2.

This type of setting influences the plot of the story. In other words, the plot cannot continue without this setting:

a)

backdrop setting

b)

integral setting

3.

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.

a)

backdrop setting

b)

integral setting

c)

daunting setting

d)

conflict setting

4.

This term is used to describe a lesson about life or human nature and the lesson of the story.

a)

plot

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

point of view

5.

What can a reader use to find the theme of a story?

a)

Character relationship/interaction

b)

Dialogue

c)

Repeated words/phrases

d)

Symbolism

e)

All of the above.

6.

This type of character does not change his/her thoughts or feelings throughout the story.

a)

Static character

b)

Dynamic character

c)

Flat character

d)

Round character

7.

When characters have opposing interests or goals this results in:

a)

Personification

b)

Traits

c)

Alliterations

d)

Conflicts

8.

This type of character changes his/her thoughts or feelings throughout the story.

a)

static character

b)

dynamic character

c)

flat character

d)

round character

9.

The way the story is told; the perspective or angle of vision or position from which the events of the story are told?

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

theme

d)

point of view

10.

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.

a)

first person point of view

b)

second person point of view

c)

3rd person omniscient point of view

d)

3rd person limited point of view

11.

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”.

a)

first person point of view

b)

second person point of view

c)

3rd person omniscient point of view

d)

3rd person limited point of view

12.

The feeling the reader gets after reading is defined as...

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Personification

d)

Symbolism

13.

The author’s attitude towards the subject is defined as...

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Personification

d)

Symbolism

14.

How does the author convey tone to the audience?

a)

Strategic words/phrases

b)

Symbolism

c)

Figurative language: similes, metaphors, etc....

d)

All of the above.

15.

Circle all the choices that are considered internal conflicts:

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Self

16.

Circle all the choices that are considered external conflicts:

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Self

17.

The men fighting against the great white shark in “Jaws” is what type of conflict?

a)

Man vs Man

b)

Man vs Nature

c)

Man vs Society

d)

Man vs Self

18.

What type of conflict is where the Greasers and the Socs fight in “Outsiders?”

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Self

19.

In “The Hunger Games” Katniss is fighting against the capital. What type of conflict is this?

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Self

20.

“I told you a million times to do that” is an example of what literary device?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personfication

c)

Symbolism

d)

Conflict

21.

Literary device that misleads or distracts the reader from a relevant or important question.

a)

Symbolism

b)

Allegory

c)

Alliteration

d)

Red herring

22.

“Pow” “zap” “buzz” are examples of what type of literary device?

a)

Allegory

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

23.

“You don’t have to be Albert Einstein to understand poetry” is what type of literary device?

a)

Allegory

b)

Allusion

c)

Juxatposition

d)

Foreshadowing

24.

“Sheep should sleep in a shed” is what type of literary device?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allegory

c)

Symbolism

d)

Conflict

25.

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?

a)

Allegory

b)

Allusion

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Foreshadowing

26.

”If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing” is an example of what type of literary device?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Paradox

c)

Allegory

d)

Allusion

27.

What literary device is it in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Allegory

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Juxtaposition

28.

The sun laughed at the people below” is what type of literary device?

a)

Allegory

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Juxtaposition

29.

“They fought like cats and dogs” is an example of what type of literary element?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Spoonerism

30.

“The snow is a white blanket” is an example of what type of literary element?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Spoonerism

31.

“Jumbo Shrimp” is an example of what type of literary element?

a)

Flashback

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Imagery

d)

Irony

32.

The author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work using the five senses is what?

a)

Flashback

b)

Symbolism

c)

Imagery

d)

Irony

33.

The most important idea the reader gets from a story, a universal life lesson. What type of literary element does this definition fit?

a)

Simile

b)

Theme

c)

Symbolism

d)

Flashback

34.

The color red can be seen as: love, blood, danger, immoral character. What type of literary device is this?

a)

Flashback

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Symbolism

d)

Irony

35.

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?

a)

Personification

b)

Spoonerism

c)

Irony

d)

Symbolism

36.

Saying “it’s a really nice day!” when there is a huge snowstorm outside is an example of what type of irony?

a)

Verbal

b)

Situational

c)

Dramatic

37.

A fire hydrant on fire is an example of type of irony?

a)

Verbal

b)

Situational

c)

Dramatic

38.

When the reader knows something the character doesn’t, what type of irony is that?

a)

Verbal

b)

Situational

c)

Dramatic