7th Grade Language Arts - Short Story/Literary Elements Test

Time, place, and physical characteristics of where a story takes place.

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Assigning human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Force or character working against the main character.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Narrator

• Sidekick

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually exists or happens.

• Irony

• Coincidence

• Paradox

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.

• tone

• style

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Person, animal, or creature in a literary work.

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom the audience tends to identify.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Sidekick

• Villain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Comparison of two unlike things, using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hints to the reader as to what may happen later in the text.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Irony

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Descriptive language appealing to the senses. __________

• Satire

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3