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Literary Elements

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT an element of a story?
a)
Explanation
b)
Setting
c)
Conflict
d)
Resolution
2.
What is the name for the time and place during which a story occurs?
a)
Setting
b)
Plot
c)
Location
d)
Exposition
3.
Which of the following is NOT a detail that describes the setting?
a)
Furniture
b)
Weather
c)
Clothing
d)
Characters
4.
Which of the following is NOT a function of the setting?
a)
Create a mood or atmosphere
b)
Show a different way of life
c)
Explain a character's motives
d)
Symbolize an idea
5.
What is the name for the people, animals, or things participating in a story?
a)
Characters
b)
Setting
c)
Plot elements
d)
Personnel
6.
What do we call the main character of a story?
a)
Protagonist
b)
Good guy
c)
Antagonist
d)
Whatever we want to
7.
What do we call the force in opposition to the main character in a story?
a)
Protagonist
b)
Bad guy
c)
Antagonist
d)
Whatever we want to
8.
What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?
a)
Plot
b)
Exposition
c)
Conflict
d)
Setting
9.
When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense?
a)
Rising Action
b)
Climax
c)
Falling Action
d)
Conflict
10.
When does the tension begin to ease in a story?
a)
Resolution
b)
Falling Action
c)
Exposition
d)
The End
11.
When is the conflict solved in a story?
a)
Falling Action
b)
Resolution
c)
Anti-conflict
d)
Exposition
12.
What is the term for the struggle between two forces?
a)
Antagonist
b)
Protagonist
c)
Conflict
d)
Climax
13.

Which of the following is NOT a type of external conflict?

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Self

d)

Man vs. Society

14.
Which of the following is a type of internal conflict?
a)
Man vs. Self
b)
Man vs. Man
c)
Man vs. Society
d)
Man vs. Nature
15.
What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?
a)
Point of View
b)
Character
c)
Theme
d)
Setting
16.

What do we call the central lesson or moral of a story?

a)

Topic

b)

Theme

c)

Concept

d)

Conflict

17.

After reading a story, you learned to always be kind. This is the _____ of the story.

a)

conflict

b)

tone

c)

theme

d)

symbol

18.
What is the theme of this story?
a)
Don't steal
b)
Look both ways before crossing the street. 
c)
Necessity is the mother of invention. 
d)
One good turn deserves another.
19.

A simile is...

a)

a comparison using like or as

b)

a comparison NOT using like or as

c)

the main events of the story

d)

using an object to represent something else

20.

What is a metaphor?

a)

where and when a story takes place

b)

a comparison using like or as

c)

giving human qualities to something nonhuman

d)

a comparison NOT using like or as

21.

When the story is told/narrated by someone who is not a character in the story, this is called ____________________.

a)

point of view

b)

first person point of view

c)

third person point of view

22.

What is the THEME of a story?

a)

the main events

b)

the life lesson in the story

c)

the problem

d)

the conflict in the story

23.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring
24.

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words. This is also called direct quotes.

a)
commas
b)
speaker tags
c)
quotation marks
d)
An indent
25.
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.
a)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
b)
Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."
c)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
d)
"Polly shouted," I want a cracker!
26.
Which of the following is correct? 
a)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
b)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
c)
Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
d)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"
27.
How does imagery help us understand the story?
a)
It doesn't
b)
By expressing how the author is feeling
c)
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
d)
By telling the mood
28.

What is an allusion?

a)

When an illusion is created to help a reader imagine what is happening.

b)

When a writer refers to another story, place, or person.

c)

When a character cannot see what others see.

d)

When the narrator is not a character in the story.

29.

What is the meaning of the allusion: My brother is a regular Einstein!

a)

My brother is a genius.

b)

My brother likes basketball.

c)

My brother has purple hair.

d)

My brother is named Einstein.

30.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
a)
According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.
b)
"According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
c)
"According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
d)
According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
31.

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

32.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
33.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)

conclusion

c)
falling action
d)
resolution
34.
What type of conflict is best shown here...
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. society
35.
One way you could figure out the theme is to...
a)
Skim through the story
b)
Just read the beginning of the story
c)
Think about what the character has learned
d)
Read the ending of the story
36.
A theme should always be written as...
a)
A sentence or statement
b)
A phrase
c)
One or two words
d)
A brief summary of 5-8 sentences. 
37.

You are asked to write the resolution of the story. What do you write about?

a)

What happens at the end of the story.

b)

The many conflicts throughout the story.

c)

Whether the conflict(s) is resolved.

d)

What the character learned in the story.

38.
Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.
a)
all
b)
one
c)
no
d)
more than three
39.

What is the POV?

This is the moment I have been waiting for. There is nothing I want more than to be named student body President. I never really had any positive role models in my life. My dad left our family years ago, and my mom sent me to live with my Grandma for most of my life. This is my chance to take control of my life and make a change.

a)

Third-Person

b)

First Person

c)

Second Person

d)

Third Person Limited

40.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away. What is the POV?

a)

Third Person

b)

Second Person

c)

First Person

d)

Third Person Limited

41.

Name the plot line in order:

a)

climax, introduce conflict, exposition, rising action, falling action, resolution, conclusion

b)

exposition, rising action, introduce conflict, falling action, resolution, conclusion, climax

c)

rising action, introduce conflict, exposition, climax, falling action, resolution, conclusion

d)

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

42.

Sizzling summer sand

shines under the setting summer sun.

A statuesque shadow suspended high

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

a metaphor

b)

a simile

c)

onomatopoeia 

d)

alliteration

43.

Complete the idiom:

I thought I was going to fail the test, but it turned out to be ____________.

a)

up in the air

b)

under the weather

c)

a piece of cake

d)

give it a whirl

44.

Complete the idiom:

I was trying to keep the party a secret but someone went and _______________.

a)

let the cat out of the bag

b)

up a creek without a paddle

c)

keep your chin up

d)

up in the air

45.

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What can a reader INFER is happening?

a)

Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.

b)

Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.

c)

Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.

d)

Tim is moving to California with his family.

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