Story Elements Test

A comparison using "like" or "as".

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

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

This is the point of crisis in the plot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An over-exaggeration.

A figure of speech that cannot be defined literally.

Clear and orderly presentation of ideas

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

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

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

Giving human characteristics to something not human.

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

The main character, usually the “good” guy.

A conversation between characters.

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

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

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

A series of connected events told like a story.

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

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

The part of the story that reveals the problem.