Short Story Literary Elements

Short Story Literary Elements

9th Grade

40 Qs

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Short Story Literary Elements

Short Story Literary Elements

Assessment

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English

9th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.7.3, RL.11-12.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The struggle or main problem that propels the story forward is called what? 
Plot
Action
Conflict
Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the “when” and “where” of any story? 
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The atmosphere of feeling that a writer creates for a reader, or how the reader feels... 
Tone
Mood
Emotional Landscape
Expressive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A contradiction between the actual outcome and the expected outcome...
Also, to mean the opposite of what you say refers to what?
Idiom
Irony
Metaphor
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A simple comparison using "like" or "as"... 
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism
Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison that describes something by referring to something else WITHOUT using “like” or “as”
(to express a non-literal likeness between two things)… 
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What device describes sound effects such as “Bang”, “Boom”, or “Clang”?
Alliteration
Rhyme
Repetition
Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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