Name:______________________ Date:_________ Hour:____

Elements of Literature Test

Fill in the blank

1) A short story is so short that it can be _______________________________________________.

2) ___________ _____________ _________ was a famous American writer who studied short
stories and said, “A short story was written correctly if the story could communicate the
writer’s entire message before the reader became tired of reading.”

3) The general category that short stories fall under is __________________________.

4) Name the three required elements of literature.

_____________________, ________________________, _______________________

6) The setting is the ____________________________________________________________.

7) A conflict is a ___________________ between two opposing forces.

8) The _______________________ is the central character involved in the main conflict.

9) The ________________________is the character who opposes the main character.

10) Theme is the message about ________________ or _______________________ that is

conveyed by the literary work.
Multiple Choice
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5) The 4 types of characters include all of the following except: ______
A. Round
B. Short
C. Flat
D. Static
E. Dynamic

6) One example of an external conflict is _______.

A. Coping with a death, illness, or change
B. Deciding how hard to work
C. Feeling confused about who to love
D. Disagreeing with another person

7) The plot is the _______ that happen/s in a story.

A. Events
B. Talking
C. Drama
D. Behavior
8) What is one example of a historical short story? ______
A. Charles
B. A bible story
C. A fantasy story
D. Cinderella

9) On example that would not be a tool used to enhance an author’s craft

would be_________.
A. Similes
B. Grammar
C. Sensory Details
D. Metaphors

Matching
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Write the letter of the word on the line next to its definition.

A. Simile B. Mood C. Generalizations D. 1st Person E. Omniscient

F. Metaphor G. Tone H. Point of view I. 3rd Person J. Limited

10) _____The feeling you have after writing

11) _____The protagonist telling the story (uses I, me, we, and us)
12) _____Expresses the writer’s attitude or feelings towards a subject or audience
13) _____Comparison using “like” or “as”
14) _____Comparison of two things that says one thing is another without using “like” or “as”
15) _____Narrator knows everything
16) _____The point from which the story is being told “Who is telling the story?”
17) _____When the narrator only knows what one person could know
18) _____The narrator is telling the story (uses he, she, it, they, and them)
19) _____Broad, general statements about a group of people or individual

Plot
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Name the 5 parts of a plot.

20) _________________________Suspense begins to build and the problem gets worse

21) _________________________Story begins to draw to a close
22) _________________________Loose ends tied up and the conflict is resolved
23) _________________________Most exciting of the story (turning point in regards to conflict)
24 __________________________Introduction to the story
 25-29) Label the 5 parts on the plot diagram in their correct placement.

3.__________________

2._________________ 4._____________________
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5._____________________
1.__________________ _
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30) List for the four parts that are included in number 1 on the plot diagram.
1.________________________________
2.________________________________
3.________________________________
4.________________________________