Story Elements Test

The end of the story where conflicts are resolved and final outcomes are revealed.

An over-exaggeration.

Includes sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader's interest.

The techniques/methods an author uses to create a story: dialogue, figurative language, POV, sensory details, etc.

A conversation between characters.

This is the point of crisis in the plot.

One character from the story that narrates the story. It is limited to his/her thoughts, feelings, and perspective.

The use of words that imitate the sounds that they describe.

A comparison that does not use "like" or "as".

The narrator is not a character in the story, but lets the reader know what the main character(s) feel.

The part of the story that tells us the setting, introduces the main character, & reveals background information.

This narrator is God-like and tells us what every character is thinking or feeling.

A comparison using "like" or "as".

Something real that stands for another thing that cannot in itself be pictured or shown.

Which part of the personal narrative structure is the central piece of action that is the focus of the narrative?

Clear and orderly presentation of ideas

A figure of speech that cannot be defined literally.

The character who opposes the main character, usually the “bad” guy.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.

Words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing (therefore, for example, as you can see...).

This is the part of the story that reveals the result(s) of the climax.

A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject.

A series of connected events told like a story.

Giving human characteristics to something not human.

The main character, usually the “good” guy.

The main idea of a literary work that usually expresses a lesson learned.

Which part of the personal narrative structure is a description that explores the significance of the incident?

The use of literary and poetic devices to describe something by comparing it with something else.

The narrator or storyteller from whose perspective the story is being told.

The part of the story that reveals the problem.

This is the sequence, or order of events, of a story.

Which part of the personal narrative structure is the immediate emotions and actions associated with the incident?