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Elements of Literature Pre-Test

Read each of the following questions and choose the best answer. You may not use a dictionary. Remember this is a pre-test. Once you have answered all the questions, write down those literary terms and other words you don't know on a separate piece of paper. Memorize the literary terms and/or words you don't know.

1. Which literary term (word) refers to the problem or struggle that starts the action in a story?

conflict

drama

action

climax

2. Which literary term refers to (is about) the people in a story?

narrator

persona

character

protagonist

3. Which literary term refers to that part of a story in which the problem or struggle is solved?

climax

falling action

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resolution

all of the above

4. Which literary term refers to the message about life a story relays to (gives) the reader?

narration

dialogue

topic

theme

5. Which literary term refers to the feeling a story creates in the reader?

moral

mood

motif

all of the above

6. Which literary term refers to the time and place in which the action of a story takes place?

theme

topic

setting

text

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text

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context

7. Which literary term refers to a story with usually just one major conflict and one main character?

novella

fable

short story

novel

8. Which literary term refers to the action or sequence (order) of events in a story?

plot

foreshadowing

flashback

comedy

9. Which literary term refers to the turning point in a story?

falling action

denouement

rising action

climax

text

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text

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text

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text

10. Which literary term refers to the ways an author reveals (shows) important aspects about the people

in a story?

characterization

style

imagery

character sketch

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text

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