WorksheetsELA Terms
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
What part of speech describes a noun?
adjective
pronoun
noun
verb
What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea?
pronoun
noun
verb
adverb
What part of speech is an action or state of being?
verb
adverb
adjective
noun
What part of speech can take the place of a noun?
adjective
noun
verb
pronoun
Which term is the turning point of a story?
plot
falling action
resolution
climax
Which term is the solution to the problem in a story?
climax
rising action
exposition
resolution
Which term is the events near the end of a story when the author describes how the conflict was solved?
rising action
climax
falling action
exposition
Which term is the sequence of events that make up a story?
resolution
exposition
rising action
climax
Which figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as?"
personification
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
Which figurative language directly compares two unlike things?
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
Which figurative language gives an animal or object human qualities and characteristics?
onomatopoeia
simlie
personification
alliteration
Which figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
Which figurative language repeats the beginning sounds of words throughout a sentence or paragraph?
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
Which term tells when and where the story takes place?
internal
characters
conflict
setting
Which type of conflict describes character vs. self?
external
internal
protagonist
conflict
Which type of conflict is character vs. character?
conflict
internal
antagonist
external
Which one is another term for the main character?
setting
antagonist
protagonist
internal
Which term describes the people, animals, or imaginary creatures in a story?
conflict
characters
external
setting
Which one is another word for the problem in a story?
conflict
external
antagonist
characters
Which term describes the character that has a conflict and struggles against the main character ("the bad guy")?
external
setting
antagonist
internal
Which term can be proven to be true; it might be found in an article or a textbook?
genre
historical fiction
fiction
fact
Which type of literature has stories or characters or events that could be real/true?
genre
realistic fiction
mood
historical fiction
Which term is another word for a category or type of literature?
historical fiction
noun
fiction
genre
Which term is a type of literature that is NOT real; the author created the characters/setting/problem?
fiction
non-fiction
characters
fact
Which term is a character who changes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?
static character
dynamic character
dialogue
theme
Which term is the voice that is telling the story?
mood
irony
narrator
dynamic character
Which term is a character who stays the same throughout the entire story?
narrator
dynamic character
mood
static character
Which term is the lesson learned from the story?
narrator
dialogue
theme
irony
Which term is the atmosphere of the story; it creates feelings within the reader?
narrator
mood
theme
dynamic character
Which term is another word for a conversation between the characters in the story?
narrator
irony
dialogue
static character
