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Literary Signposts & Academic Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What best describes the Tough Question signpost?

a)

When a character does something unexpected

b)

When another older/wiser character gives the main character advice

c)

When a character asks themselves a difficult question

d)

When a character realizes, understands, or figures something out

2.

Which signpost describes when a character does something unexpected?

a)

Contrast and Contradiction

b)

Aha Moment

c)

Words of the Wiser

d)

Memory Moment

3.

Describe the signpost: Aha Moment

4 lines
4.

What best describes the Words of the Wiser signpost?

a)

A word, phrase, object, situation, or idea that is mentioned over and over

b)

When another older/wiser character gives the main character advice

c)

When a character does something unexpected, literary signpost

d)

When the author interrupts what’s happening in the story to show us the main character as he/she remembers something important

5.

Which signpost describes a word, phrase, object, situation, or idea that is mentioned over and over?

a)

Aha Moment

b)

Tough Question

c)

Contrast and Contradiction

d)

Again and Again

6.

What is a synonym for the Memory Moment signpost?

a)

Rewind

b)

Words of the Wiser

c)

Flashback

d)

Aha

7.

Select what creates the setting:

a)

Time Period

b)

Number of Characters

c)

Place

d)

Mood

8.

What is characterization?

a)

The way an author creates a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, or other characters.

b)

The time and place of a story.

c)

The character who opposes the protagonist or the goals of the protagonist

d)

The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

9.

Select the parts of a story chart:

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

10.

What is the rising action of a story?

a)

The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

b)

The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

c)

A brief interruption in the plot that describes an past event or time in order to help explain current events in the story

d)

The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution

11.

What is the climax of a story?

a)

The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

b)

The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution.

c)

The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

d)

A brief interruption in the plot that describes an past event or time in order to help explain current events in the story

12.

What is the falling action of a story?

a)

The element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

b)

The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

c)

The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts of the story before the resolution.

d)

Main character in a narrative who is at the center of the story

13.

Which vocabulary word is defined as: the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage?

a)

Memory Moment

b)

Protagonist

c)

Mood

d)

Rising Action

14.

What is a synonym for protagonist?

(a)  

15.

What is a synonym for antagonist?

(a)