Elements of Literature Pre-Test

A point of view where one character tells his or her story (sounds almost conversational).

The perspective from which a story is told.

Hints about events later in the story.

Character, thing, or idea in conflict with the main character.

BAM and ZAP are examples of...

The use of objects to represent ideas or qualities in literature.

Story passed down through generations to teach values of a culture.

Overall feeling a writer is trying to create for the reader.

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of...

The main character in a work of literature.

A specific type of literature is called a...

Both tone and mood convey what in a story?

Conclusion about something based on evidence from the text.

Conversation between characters.

Suspenseful part of a story included to make you want to read on.

Highest point of action in the story.

A brief story/poem, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson/moral is called a...

The sequence of events in a story is the...

When the sequence of events following a traditional, linear order.

The problem or struggle the main character faces.

Giving non-human objects human characteristics is called what?

Beginning of a story where characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced.

Story that uses gods/heroes to explain occurrences in nature.

Force driving everything the character does.

What happens in a story.

Point of view where a narrator tells the story and shares thoughts/feelings of all characters.

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

How the character solves the problem in a story.

A 3-line Japanese poem with 17 syllables is called...

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

"Bob built a brilliant boat" is an example of...

Use of a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning is known as...

The speaker or character who tells a story is known as the...

The lesson the author is trying to teach you.

Time and place of a story.

A rhythmical pattern of a poem is called...

Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it directly; a reference.

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of what literary device?

"My cat is a log" is an example of what literary device?

Story from the past based on real life heroes, people, or kings.

Story scene that shifts the setting from the present to the past.

The author's word choice to convey feelings.

The difference between what you expected to happen and what actually occurs.

When characters speak with an accent or use non-standard English.