Elements of Literature Test Review

A character that changes in a story

"The book begged to be read" is an example of a(n) _____________.

Giving human qualities to an object

"Break a leg" is a(n) __________.

The person telling the story is in the story and uses the word "I" to tell it.

Where and when the action of a story takes place

The formal term for who is telling the story and how much they know

The way the reader feels as he/she reads and experiences a story

Type of conflict where one character disagrees with another character in the story

The problem or struggle in a story

The central idea or moral of the story

"My skin dried out like a raisin in the sun" is an example of a(n) ___________.

"The muddy Maumee makes a mess of Side Cut Park." This is an example of ____________.

Comparison of 2 UNLIKE things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as".

The main character and "good guy/gal"

Current action in the story is stopped to tell about something that happened the past

The following statement is a _______. "My heart is a singing bird"

"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of a(n) ____________.

"Living dead" is an example of a(n) _______.

A narrator from outside the story is telling the story.

"She danced like a beautiful melody." What type of figurative language is this?

An extreme exaggeration

Comparing 2 UNLIKE thinks using the words "like" or "as"

The point of highest excitement in a story

"It's raining cats & dogs" is an example of a(n) ________________.

"Snap, crackle, pop" is an a example of a(n) _____________.

The rival of the good guy

The important animal or human in the story

The sequence of events in a story

The less important people or animals in the story