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Literary Elements

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A plot is...

a)

The way a story is written

b)

The imagery of a story

c)

How the story, develops and unfolds

d)

Authors voice

2.

The repeating of a word or phrase

(a)  

3.

A protagonist is....

a)

Good guy

b)

Hero

c)

Villain

d)

Usually the main character

4.

An antagonist is...

a)

Good guy

b)

Villain

c)

Hero

d)

Usually the main character

5.

A story written from the main characters head or point of view

(a)  

6.

Narrator is "All knowing" of all characters around. You know all characters are doing and thinking

a)

Third person omniscient

b)

Second person

c)

Third person limited

d)

None of the above

7.

Third person limited is....

a)

The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns

b)

Follows main characters but you can still see every thing around as well

c)

From the eyes of one character

d)

The focus is the main character while knowing what is going on at other places

8.

Theme is (a)  

9.

An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

a)

Imagery

b)

Plot

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

10.

A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Subject

d)

Diction

11.

Any time in writing where the author explains and details a character

a)

Genre

b)

Characterization

c)

Alliteration

d)

All of the above

12.

What is diction??

a)

The conflict or tension reaches the highest point in a story

b)

Determined by the words the author uses

c)

Divides into two equal and contradict parts

d)

The style that the author uses to write

13.

Give and example of imagery

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14.

What are examples of figurative language

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

All of the above

15.

Select all similes

a)

Sand soft as a bunnies fur

b)

Clouds that look like cotton candy

c)

The wolf howls louder than an airplane can roar

d)

Canoe paddles as smoothly as a duck on water

16.

A comparison without using like or as is a....

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Antagonist

d)

Protagonist

17.

The leaves quiver with fear in the cold fall breeze is an example of....

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18.

Using symbols or ideas to portray something else; a symbolic meaning given to something

a)

Symbolism

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

All of the above

19.

Examples of hyperboles....

a)

That cow is heavier than my house!!

b)

I am so hungry I could eat a horse

c)

I have told you to clean the pool a million times!!

d)

All of the above

20.

Allusion is a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event

a)

The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's box of crimes.

b)

Chocolate is my Achilles heel

c)

We have so many pets, we are going to become the next McDonald

d)

You are a grinch

21.

Example of alliteration....

a)

Good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

b)

The bear ran like the wind

c)

Softer than a bunny

d)

The grass crunched beneath the boot