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ELA terms for fiction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

main character in a work of fiction

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

author

d)

1st person

2.

character in a work of fiction who pushes the main character to face his/her conflicts

a)

1st person

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

3.

the events that build a fictional story (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

a)

irony

b)

plot

c)

theme

d)

flashback

4.

the time and place for a story or event

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

title

5.

A narrator with a third person LIMITED point of view___.

a)

knows the thoughts of only one character

b)

knows the thoughts of more than one character

6.

A narrator with a third person OMNISCIENT point of view___.

a)

knows the thoughts of only one character

b)

knows the thoughts of more than one character

7.

A character who struggles with an INTERNAL conflict ____.

a)

has problems with his/her own feelings/thoughts

b)

has problems with another character

8.

A character who struggles with an EXTERNAL conflict ____.

a)

has problems with his/her own feelings/thoughts

b)

has problems with another character or force in the story

9.

a pause in the story to review an event that happened at an earlier time

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

flashback

d)

irony

10.

the author's message in a story, a universal truth, that can be applied to other situations

a)

foreshadowing

b)

conflict

c)

theme

d)

symbol

11.

an unexpected twist of events

a)

theme

b)

irony

c)

flashback

d)

symbol

12.

an object that represents something unlike itself

a)

theme

b)

symbol

c)

flashback

d)

conflict

13.

hints in a story about what may happen later

a)

irony

b)

conflict

c)

theme

d)

foreshadowing

14.

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

symbol

d)

hyperbole

15.

an implied comparison between two things or ideas

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

16.

describing an inanimate object as if it is alive

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

17.

sound words such as "boom" "swish"

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

imagery

18.

an extreme exaggeration (I told you 3,000 times to put down your phone!)

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor