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Elements of ELA- Week 2 Quiz

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Theme can be explained as

a)

What the reading selection is about

b)

A type of Figurative Language in a story

c)

a specific message about life or people

d)

A lesson

2.

The time and place of the story is called

a)

Resolution

b)

Setting

c)

Home

d)

The beginning

3.

The main character of a story is called the

a)

Good guy

b)

Protagonist

c)

Bad guy

d)

Antagonist

4.

The character who opposes the main character of a story is called the

a)

Good guy

b)

Protagonist

c)

Bad guy

d)

Antagonist

5.

The organization of events that take place in a story is called

a)

Plot

b)

Theater

c)

Drama

d)

Line Segment

6.

When Harry Potter faces off in a duel with his nemesis, Malfoy, in The Chamber of Secrets, he is in which type of conflict?

a)

Man vs Man

b)

Man vs Self

c)

Man vs Nature

d)

Man vs He Who Shall Not be Named

7.
_________ is another name for the problem .
a)
Point of View
b)
Conflict
c)
Plot
d)
Setting
8.
The perspective from which a story is told is called the __________. Usually it is in 1st or 3rd person.
a)
Conflict
b)
Plot
c)
Point of View
d)
Setting
9.

Author's purpose

a)

what the selection is mostly about

b)

the reason someone writes

c)

to put the events in order

d)

when and where the story takes place

10.
Fiction writing is 
a)
Real
b)
Fake
c)
Fun to read
11.

An animal, person or thing in a literary work is called

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

narrator

d)

character

12.
What is the theme of this story?  
a)
Eat your vegetables.
b)
Practice humility. Be modest. 
c)
Don't talk to strangers. 
d)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
13.
Type of writing that can contain text structures and text features
a)
Non-Fiction
b)
Fiction
c)
Historical Fiction
d)
Realistic Fiction
14.
What is the main idea?
a)
Its the authors point of view
b)
Is what the passage is mostly about
c)
It is the sequence of the story.
15.
You should determine the main idea by combining the supporting details.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?
a)
to search and find
b)
to hold up and help
c)
to end
d)
to write
17.
What is a topic?
a)
the writer's opinion about a text
b)
the general subject of a text
c)
the details that explain the text
d)
a retelling of the most important ideas
18.

What are supporting details?

a)

The most important or the big idea from the text .

b)

Additional information that helps explain, define or prove the main idea.

19.

Supporting details make the main idea stronger.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Choose a supporting detail. "I am affraid of the dark."

a)

I imagine all sorts of scary things.

b)

My sister likes being in the dark.

c)

I sleep with my parents.

d)

When the sun goes down, it gets dark.

21.

Which detail would you look for when reading a recipe on how to make cookies?

a)

Place the show in the bowl.

b)

Mix the flour, egg, and sugar together.

c)

Put icing on the cake.

d)

Put the chocolate on top of the ice cream.

22.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
23.

To describe means a

a)

specific topic, person, idea, or thing is being described

b)

the author is persuading the reader to believe them

c)

information is given

24.
All of the following are reason why authors write except?
a)
Entertain
b)
Illustrate
c)
Inform
d)
Persuade
25.

When the author's purpose is to entertain, the author is:

a)

trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention.

b)

trying to get you to do or try something.

c)

trying to give you information and teach you facts.

d)

trying to see if you are paying attention.

26.
What is the definition of Author's Purpose?
a)
Why a reading passage was written
b)
Descriptive details about a person, place, or thing.
c)
Figuring out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage
d)
figuring out the meaning of unknown words from other words
27.

What is the "tone" of a story?

a)

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.

b)

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

c)

The time and place of the story.

d)

The summary of events in the story.

28.

true or false: Tone is determined by description or dialogue.

a)

True

b)

False

29.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through _____________.
a)
pictures
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
30.

What are the five types of text structures?

(a)  

31.
The main character in a story is...
a)
the protagonist
b)
the antagonist
c)
always a hero
d)
usually evil
32.
Which of these might be an example of a story's theme?
a)
Your friend is upset.
b)
A boy finds a lost treasure.
c)
Staying true to yourself is important
d)
You will your soccer game.
33.

All of the following are examples of theme topics except

a)

friendship

b)

acceptance

c)

survival

d)

your friend

34.
Which includes facts?
a)
Fiction
b)
Nonfiction
35.
What gives us information?
a)
Fiction 
b)
Nonfiction 
36.
Which is the best definition of fiction?
a)
A story that comes from the author's imagination.
b)
A story that comes from real life. 
c)
A story that takes place in space. 
d)
A story the is from the newspaper.
37.
Which best describes nonfiction? 
a)
A book with many chapters. 
b)
Writing that focuses on one person. 
c)
A story with no dialogue or conversation between animals. 
d)
Writing that is based on facts and true things that happen.