WorksheetsELA Key Concepts
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 3hrs 32mins
1. The beginning of a story where the setting and characters are introduced
Antagonist
Theme
Climax
Exposition
The main character or hero
antagonist
theme
climax
protagonist
The turning point of the story
antagonist
setting
climax
theme
Character or force who acts against the protagonist
antagonist
theme
protagonist
hero
Events that build towards the turning point
resolution
setting
rising action
exposition
The major lesson or message about life
theme
mood
setting
plot
A conversation between characters
dialogue
setting
mood
theme
time and place of the story
plot
conflict
setting
mood
series of events that make up the story
conflict
plot
theme
flashback
the author gives hints or clues about later events
conflict
foreshadowing
plot
flashback
the action goes back to an earlier time
flashback
foreshadowing
conflict
theme
human characteristics are given to non-human things
simile
metaphor
idiom
personification
a comparison that uses like or as
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
a big exaggeration that cannot be true
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
a comparison that does NOT use like or as
simile
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
when consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words
rhyme
repetition
simile
alliteration
words that sound the way they are spelled
onomatopoeia
repetition
hyperbole
alliteration
An “expression” that has a meaning different than its literal words, "Don't spill the beans"
simile
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
words or lines that are repeated in poetry
alliteration
simile
repetition
rhythm
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...
exposition
rising action
climax
resolution
Which literary device is used in this sentence: She had hair black as night.
alliteration
simile
metaphor
idiom
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...
The character owns several dogs.
The character has experienced something upsetting.
The character could have done a better job.
The character knows a great deal about dogs.
In literature, mood can best be defined as
the plot for which the text was written
the purpose for which the text was written
the level of suspense the text creates
Which response is an example of third-person point of view?
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.
After my father had gone outside, my mother hugged me to her in a sudden rush of affection.
The next day you heard your sisters calling from the mountaintop.
Mama is a sunrise
that promises tomorrow and tomorrow
The poet uses literary devices in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a metaphor is used comparing Mama to a sunrise
personification is used where a sunrise makes promises
an idiom is used about promises
repetition is used to emphasize an idea
Which of the following will help to answer questions correctly?
reading quickly
annoying
annotating
finishing quickly
Which of the following is the writing format that would help write an effective written response?
Answer question, Restate question, Cite evidence, Closing sentence
Restate question, Explain, Answer question, Reword topic sentence
Answer question, Cite evidence, Explain, Reword topic sentence
Restate question, Answer question, Cite evidence, Explain, Reword topic sentence
