Literary Elements
What is the main problem in a story called?
Conflict
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What part of speech describes a noun?
An adjective
Select the best word to complete the sentence.
The interviewer became angry band accused the shifty trade union leader of _____ his questions.
a. interpreting b. answering c. turning d. evading
d. evading
What is a summary?
Summary is a brief retelling of the main points in your own words?
What is the name the time and place where a story happens.
Setting
What is the similarity and difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Similarity: Both make comparisons
Difference: Simile uses 'as' or 'like' in the comparisons but metaphor does not.
The subject and predicate make up a...?
Sentence
Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Old Mr. Adams, the new member of staff, is ECCENTRIC.
a. cheerful b. clever c. ordinary d. neutral
c. ordinary
What do you call the author’s reason for writing?
The author’s purpose?
Who is the main character in a story?
Protagonist
A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect is called...?
Hyperbole
What is a word that means the opposite of another word?
Antonym
Choose the word that is almost the same in meaning to the word in capital letters.
After we again failed to win, we left with Luther's TAUNTING voice following us into the village.
a. annoying b. screaming c. laughing d. mocking
d. mocking
What point of view uses “I” or “we”?
First person
The lesson or message of a story is called the...?
Theme
When a word sounds like the sound it describes, it is...?
Onomatopoeia
Identify the error in this sentence:
It was necessarily important to stick to principle on this issue.
necessarily or important is redundant
From the words in italics, identify the word that has an error in spelling. If there is no error, choose No error.
A hurricane may be emminent but, my advice is that we begin to prepare. No Error
emminent
What is the turning point or highest tension in the plot of a story?
Climax
When the opposite of what you expect happens in a story, it is called...?
Irony
What are the three types of irony?
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
Is there an error in this sentence?
The apartment turned out to be better than I expected as there was plenty of space and good furnitures.
Yes, furniture cannot be pluralized.
Fill in the blanks the best option to complete this sentence.
It is _____ that slavery can be tolerated in a _______ society.
a. inexplicable......segregated b. inconsistent....racist
c. thoughtless....intellectual d. astonishing...civilized
d. astonishing...civilized
What does it mean to infer something while reading?
To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning?