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ACP Literary Elements Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author's message in a literary text which is expressed in a sentence is known as what?

a)

Topic

b)

Motif

c)

Theme

d)

Main Idea

2.

The location a story takes place is also known as the...

a)

Place

b)

Denoument

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

3.

When reality doesn't meet one's expectations, this is an instance of what?

a)

Paradox

b)

Plot

c)

Irony

d)

Characterization

4.

The way an author describes a character is the process known as...

a)

Characterization

b)

Freytagment

c)

Exposition

d)

Irony

5.

The acronym to help us remember the 5 elements of characterization is S.T.E.A.L. What does the "L" stand for in the acronym?

a)

Live

b)

Lament

c)

Learn

d)

Looks

6.

Details and imagery that appeal to the reader's sense of taste, touch, feel, hear, smell are all examples of what?

a)

Vivid descriptions

b)

Details

c)

Sensory language

d)

Characterization

7.

What is it called when something in a text has a meaning beyond its literal meaning?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Imagery

c)

Sensory language

d)

Figurative language

8.

All of the events that make up what happens in a story from beginning to end are known as what?

a)

Time

b)

Footnotes

c)

Pages

d)

Plot

9.

These are references to something without explicitly mentioning it.

a)

Illusions

b)

Anecdotes

c)

Allusions

d)

Idioms

10.

Our team played flawlessly on offense last night, but we lost because defense is our Achille's Heel. The underlined phrase is an example of what?

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor