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ELA Key Concepts

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 3hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. The beginning of a story where the setting and characters are introduced

a)

Antagonist

b)

Theme

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

2.

The main character or hero

a)

antagonist

b)

theme

c)

climax

d)

protagonist

3.

The turning point of the story

a)

antagonist

b)

setting

c)

climax

d)

theme

4.

Character or force who acts against the protagonist

a)

antagonist

b)

theme

c)

protagonist

d)

hero

5.

Events that build towards the turning point

a)

resolution

b)

setting

c)

rising action

d)

exposition

6.

The major lesson or message about life

a)

theme

b)

mood

c)

setting

d)

plot

7.

A conversation between characters

a)

dialogue

b)

setting

c)

mood

d)

theme

8.

time and place of the story

a)

plot

b)

conflict

c)

setting

d)

mood

9.

series of events that make up the story

a)

conflict

b)

plot

c)

theme

d)

flashback

10.

the author gives hints or clues about later events

a)

conflict

b)

foreshadowing

c)

plot

d)

flashback

11.

the action goes back to an earlier time

a)

flashback

b)

foreshadowing

c)

conflict

d)

theme

12.

human characteristics are given to non-human things

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

personification

13.

a comparison that uses like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

14.

a big exaggeration that cannot be true

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

15.

a comparison that does NOT use like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

16.

when consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

17.

words that sound the way they are spelled

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

repetition

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

18.

An “expression” that has a meaning different than its literal words, "Don't spill the beans"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

19.

words or lines that are repeated in poetry

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

rhythm

20.

Read the following:

Once upon a time, a king and a queen had three daughters. All three were beautiful, but the youngest, Psyche,

was different. She was so lovely that men called her a new Aphrodite, a young goddess of love and

beauty, but no man dared to marry a goddess. So while the two older sisters found husbands and

went on to live in their own homes, Psyche stayed alone with her mother and father.

This part of the plot is called the...

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

21.

Which literary device is used in this sentence: She had hair black as night.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

22.

Usually, I enjoyed the daily feeding of the dogs. But not today; I went through the motions

dumbly, silently, not paying any attention to the fine dogs crowding around me. I cleaned

the water bowls with my usual care, but my heart was not in it.

From this passage, the reader can infer that...

a)

The character owns several dogs.

b)

The character has experienced something upsetting.

c)

The character could have done a better job.

d)

The character knows a great deal about dogs.

23.

In literature, mood can best be defined as

a)

the plot for which the text was written

b)

the purpose for which the text was written

c)

the level of suspense the text creates

24.

Which response is an example of third-person point of view?

a)

Neither Mr. Wilcox nor Dolores could figure out why the flowers kept coming, and each of them assumed somebody had a crush on the other.

b)

After my father had gone outside, my mother hugged me to her in a sudden rush of affection.

c)

The next day you heard your sisters calling from the mountaintop.

25.

Mama is a sunrise

that promises tomorrow and tomorrow

The poet uses literary devices in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

a)

a metaphor is used comparing Mama to a sunrise

b)

personification is used where a sunrise makes promises

c)

an idiom is used about promises

d)

repetition is used to emphasize an idea

26.

Which of the following will help to answer questions correctly?

a)

reading quickly

b)

annoying

c)

annotating

d)

finishing quickly

27.

Which of the following is the writing format that would help write an effective written response?

a)

Answer question, Restate question, Cite evidence, Closing sentence

b)

Restate question, Explain, Answer question, Reword topic sentence

c)

Answer question, Cite evidence, Explain, Reword topic sentence

d)

Restate question, Answer question, Cite evidence, Explain, Reword topic sentence