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Literary elements (5th grade) #5thgrade #reading #language arts #english
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The protagonist in a story is
not the main character
the villain
the central character in a story or play
a secondary character
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What is characterization?
using context clues to find information about the family
character crisis
what the characters say
the way the author shows us the character's personality
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The setting in a story is
the time and location in which a story takes place
brief story told to illustrate a point
the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing
why the story takes place
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Imagery in a story is
a comparison between two unlike things ·
the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
the use of a language to make a picture in the reader's mind
why the author wrote the story
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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor:
The clock tick-tocked in the background.
The night was as black as coal.
Life is a journey!
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse !
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Which of the following is an example a simile?
Last night, I slept like a log.
The lighting roared through the night as I slept.
Boom! Went the cannon ball.
The tree cried itself to sleep.
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A saying where the words mean something completely different than what they really mean is...
Idiom
Allusion
Conflict
Metaphor
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What is the climax in a story?
the form of discourse that tells about a series of events
the end of a story
the moment where the story changes
the series of related events in a story or a play
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Onomatopoeia is
the central character in a story
the use of human characteristics for nonhuman things
the series of related events in a story or a play
the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
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The way a story gets told by the author is the
text features
text structure
point of view
author's purpose
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Which of the following is an example of a personification?
The moon is like a white rose.
Happy as a clam.
I could fly away.
The run down house was depressed.
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The atmosphere in a story is
Where the story takes place
a brief story told to illustrate a point
the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing
The conflict in a story
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What is Alliteration?
A speaker or writer’s choice of words to fit context.
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
The purpose of a story.
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What is the conflict in a story?
the insight about human life that is revealed in a work
the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
the struggle between two opposing characters or force.
why the author wrote the story
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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole:
If I don’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
He moved slower than a turtle.
Pretty as a peach.
Life is good.
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When characters talk back and forth with each other it is called...
Setting
Allusion
Dialogue
Drama
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Personification in literature is
a comparison using like or as
the main idea in a story
human feelings or attitudes in an object or animal
the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
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A simile is...
A comparison of two completely different things
Drawing a picture in the readers' minds
A comparison of two different things using like or as
Sound words
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Hyperbole is
speaker or write's choice of words
Incredible exaggeration or overstatement
a comparison between two things
comparison using like or as
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Plot is
the most exciting part of a story
when and where the story happens
the events that take place in story
where we get clues to what will happen later in the story
