Literary Elements
Which literary element describes the time and place of a story?
A. setting
B. plot
C. characters
D. conflict
What is A. setting
Which sentence is written in the present tense?
A. She walked to school yesterday.
B. She walks to school every day.
C. She will walk to school tomorrow.
D. She was walking to school last week.
What is B. She walks to school every day?
When I am reading a new book, I like to preview the pictures first.
A. read again
B. view before
C. not read
D. not view
What is B. view before?
What kind of sentence is the following: Jimmy wanted to eat waffles for breakfast, but his sister wanted to eat cereal.
A. Simple
B. Compound
What is B. compound?
Which word means to read again?
A. Reread
B. Preread
C. Understand
D. Rebuild
What is A. Reread?
Which literary element describes the problem of a story?
A. setting
B. plot
C. characters
D. conflict
What is D. conflict?
Choose the correct past tense form of the verb in this sentence:
Yesterday, we ___ to the park.
A. go
B. goes
C. went
D. going
What is C. went?
The squid is a sea animal with ten tentacles. It uses eight of them to catch food and the other two to bring food to its mouth.
A. eyes
B. arms
C. nets
D. heads
What is B. arms?
What kind of sentence is the following: The male and female parts of a flower allow them to produce more flowers.
A. Simple
B. Compound
What is A. simple?
What does the word incomplete mean?
A. to complete fully
B. to complete before
C. to not complete
D. to complete again
What is C. to not complete?
If the narrator is the one telling the story, the text is written in ______ point of view.
A. first person
B. second person
C. third person
D. fourth person
What is A. first person?
Which sentence shows an action that will happen in the future?
A. They play soccer after school.
B. They played soccer yesterday.
C. They will play soccer tomorrow.
D. They are playing soccer now.
What is C. They will play soccer tomorrow?
Food on the frontier was simple. People ate many things made from flour. Flour was nourishing and did not spoil. It gave them energy to work hard.
A. cheerful
B. healthful
C. difficult
D. expensive
What is B. healthful?
What is the conjunction in the following sentence: An eagle has a sharp beak, so they can eat meat.
A. eagle
B. so
C. sharp
D. can
What is B. so?
What is the meaning of hopeless?
A. to be angry
B. to be without hope
C. to be full of hope
D. to be without joy
What is B. to be without hope?
Which literary element refers to the process of revealing the traits and behaviors of the people in a story?
A. character
B. characterization
C. conflict
D. resolution
What is B. characterization?
Which sentence is written in the past tense?
A. The dog barks loudly.
B. The dog barked loudly.
C. The dog will bark loudly.
D. The dog is barking loudly.
What is B. The dog barked loudly?
In 1926, Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel. As she swam, it began to storm. She could have discontinued her swim, but she would not give up.
A. sped up
B. changed
C. stopped
D. timed
What is C. stopped?
Which sentence is a simple sentence?
A. Blue whales are the largest mammal in the ocean, yet Giant Squids are also very large.
B. An eagle has a sharp beak, so they can eat meat.
C. A fish can not live out of water, nor can a jellyfish live out of water.
D. The humming bird is the only bird that drinks nectar from flowers.
What is D. The humming bird is the only bird that drinks nectar from flowers?
Which word means to move in a way that is fast?
A. Slow motion
B. Slowly
C. Furious
D. Quickly
What is D. quickly?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the plot mountain?
A. exposition
B. sliding action
C. climax
D. resolution
What is B. sliding action?
Choose the sentence that uses the correct verb tense:
A. He run to the store yesterday.
B. He runs to the store yesterday.
C. He ran to the store yesterday.
D. He running to the store yesterday.
What is C. He ran to the store yesterday?
Giuseppe Verdi was a famous composer, or music writer, who grew up in Milan, Italy.
A. cook
B. music writer
C. listener
D. pupil
What is B. music writer?
Which sentence is a compound sentence?
A. The cow jumped over the moon.
B. The girl went to the store, and the boy went to the movies.
C. The mouse went up the clock.
D. My mom made me muffins for breakfast.
What is B. The girl went to the store, and the boy went to the movies?
What is the meaning of the suffix "ology"?
A. through/thoroughly
B. person who does
C. the study of
D. room or place
What is C. the study of?