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Literary Elements - Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The sequence of events in a story is called...

a)

Point of view

b)

Plot diagram

c)

Roller coaster

d)

Timeline

2.

What is the correct sequence of events in the plot diagram?

a)

Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, Falling Action, Resolution

b)

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

c)

Exposition, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution

d)

Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Exposition, Falling Action

3.

The point of view is the narrative voice to which a story is told whether in first, second or third person...

a)

third person omniscient and limited.

b)

third person singular and plural

c)

third person masculine and feminine

4.

What is tone in literature?

a)

Short term for tone color.

b)

The emotional state or attitude of the author/speaker/narrative voice towards a subject in a story.

c)

Any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, or source.

d)

The feeling created in the reader as the result of the atmosphere of the story.

5.

Conflict is...

a)

A struggle that the author experiences when writing.

b)

A problem that arises when the reader does not understand the story.

c)

A struggle between two opposing forces.

d)

A problem between the reader and the book.

6.

The types of conflict are...

a)

man vs man, man vs self, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs technology, man vs supernatural, man vs God or a deity.

b)

man vs woman, woman vs man

c)

man vs animals, animals vs plants, plants vs worms

d)

man vs everyone

7.

The plot diagram is compared to...

a)

Huey, Dewey y Louie

b)

Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup

c)

Beginning, middle and end

d)

Easy, peasy, ham and cheesy

8.

What are the three types of narrative voice (point of view)?

a)

I am, you are, and she/he is

b)

Me, myself and I

c)

First, second and third person

d)

You and I

9.

The four types of characters we will focus on this school year are...

a)

Stock, round, evil, archetypal

b)

Foil, protagonist, static, round

c)

protagonist, antagonist, flat, dynamic

d)

Confidante, protagonist, antagonist, dynamic

e)

Antagonist, static, dynamic, confidante

10.

Fiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, mystery, fable, and fairy tale are examples of types of...

a)

...conflict

b)

...genre

c)

...narrative voice

d)

...characters

11.

What is theme?

a)

It's another word for topic.

b)

It's the main idea or central message of the story.

c)

It's the type of text an author chooses to write a literary work.

d)

It's the author attitude

12.

What is mood?

a)

A state or quality of feeling at a particular time.

b)

A distinctive emotional quality or character.

c)

A prevailing emotional tone or general attitude.

d)

The atmosphere the reader gets from a text through imagery, setting, and word choice.