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7th grade Elements of Literature Quiz
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What is 1st person point of view?
Events are not revealed
Events are told by a character in the story
Events are told by someone outside the story (narrator)
Events are told by the oldest character in the story
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Define point of view
A mountain top view
The perspective from which a story is told
An opinion or bias from the reader
The feeling an author creates within a piece of writing
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Describe setting
The location of a literary work
The time period of a literary work
The ways in which a character is revealed to the reader
The time and location of the events described in a story
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With direct characterization, we learn about the character by...
The setting
A description from the narrator
News reports and research based on the time period
Gossip and rumors from the other characters
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What is plot?
The sequence of events in a literary work
A problem between a character and an outside force
The first book in a series
An extremely slow moving story line
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What happens during the rising action?
The turning point in a story
The satisfying end
Events in the story that lead to the climax
A protest that takes place in a public space
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What is 3rd person point of view?
The problem between a character and an outside force
Events are told by a character in the story
Events are told by someone outside the story (narrator)
Events are foretold or predicted by the author
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Define conflict
An enduring friendship
The sequence of events in a literary work
Problem or struggle between a character and an outside force
A gift of thanks
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What is mood?
The main character's feelings and emotions
The perspective from which a story is told
The feeling an author creates within a piece of writing
The time and place of a literary work
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What is allusion?
A magic trick
An event that happened in the past
Reference to well-known person, place, event, literary work
The time and location of the events described in a book
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Which one is an example of internal conflict?
man vs. nature
man vs. man
man vs. society
man vs. self
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What is theme?
Author's attitude toward the subject that s/he is writing on
It's like a meme, but with no images
A central message, idea, or concern expressed in a story
A long essay written on a single topic
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What is the climax?
The time and place of a story
The turning point in a story
The highest point of action in a story
The conflict is resolved
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What is a symbol or symbolism?
A minor, static character
A reference to a well-known person, place, or literary work
Anything that stands for or represents something else
An image used in jewelry design
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What is a dynamic character?
A character who does not undergo a change by the story's end
A character who changes over the course of a story
An extremely physically strong character
A character who performs magic
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What is a flashback?
The highest point of action in a story
An explosion or blast
To jump ahead in the plot
Part in book that stops the plot to relate an earlier event
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What is irony?
A lesser grade of metal with a higher melting point
When everything happens as planned
The atmosphere or feeling an author creates in his writing
When the opposite of what is expected to occur, does occur
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Which one is an example of external conflict?
man vs. nature
man vs. fate
man vs. man
man vs. society
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What is an antagonist?
The author of the novel
The hero of the story
A character fighting against the hero of the story
The negative force
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What is a protagonist?
All of the above
The positive force
The central character
The "hero" in the story
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What is foreshadowing?
Shadows that occur during an eclipse
The highest point of action in a story
The perspective from which a story is told
Author's hints to the reader about what may happen next
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What is characterization?
Ways in which a character is revealed to the reader/viewer
The demise of a character
A problem or struggle between a character and a force
Where a character lives
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What is a resolution?
Attitude of author toward the subject s/he is writing about
A promise made to improve one's habits
The background information or exposition
The conflict is resolved; the end
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What happens during the falling action?
The resolution or satisfying conclusion
Events from the climax to the resolution
Information or events that occur before the book starts
The sequence of events in a literary work
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With indirect characterization, we learn about the character by...
All of the above
What other characters say about the character
What the character says
The character's actions, or what the character does
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What is the exposition of a story?
The conflict is resolved
It occurs during the rising action
A lengthy written essay
Beginning of the story:setting, characters and conflict info
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What is a static character?
A character who emits a low humming sound
A character who does not undergo a change by the story's end
A character who changes over the course of a story
An unhealthy person
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What is tone?
The feeling an author creates within a piece of writing
Author's attitude toward the subject that s/he is writing on
A character who changes over the course of the story
A story that is brief; not wordy
