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Plot, Setting, Characterization, Point Of View, Etc.
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An external conflict is...
a) A type of conflict that a character struggles with in their own mind.
b) A personal struggle.
c) A struggle that is more physical. Not a struggle within the character.
d) The plot of the story.
What is an example of an internal conflict?
a) Having to decide what college to attend and being unsure.
b) Rainsford fighting Zaroff.
c) An argument between a parent and a child.
d) Getting stuck in traffic when you're in a hurry.
What is it called when an author uses words to imitate sound? Ex: 'crash!' 'bang!' 'honk, honk'
a) foreshadowing
b) onomatopoeia
c) plot
d) theme
Which of these is an example of alliteration?
a) Peter piper picked a pickled pepper.
b) The sun kissed my skin so gently.
c) His eyes were like a dark, never-ending abyss.
d) Plot
What is an allusion?
a) A reference from an event in history, a person, or a work of art.
b) Drake
c) The main character
d) Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Personification is a type of figurative language which ________
a) Compares 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
b) is the central message of a literary work.
c) a non-human subject is given human characteristics. Ex: 'Sorrow walked through my door and sat next to me.'
d) the sequence of events in a story occur.
Theme is ________
a) The most exciting/ intense part of a story.
b) The beginning of a story.
c) A one word answer, like love.
d) The central message of a story. It's the message the author is trying to tell the audience.
What is an omniscient narrator?
a) A narrator that is in the story, telling it from his/her point of view.
b) An all knowing narrator. They know the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all characters.
c) Every narrator in a story
d)
Which of these is an example of person vs. person conflict?
a) You must decide whether or not you will go to the dance or stay home and finish your chores.
b) A hurricane wreaks havoc on the city, and people must come together to recover their material losses.
c) Two siblings argue over who can use the car on Friday night.
d) A person must choose between their career or their relationship.
The end of the story is what part of the plot chart?
a) Exposition
b) Climax
c) Denouement/Resolution
d) Rising action
One of the characters is the narrator and the story is told from his/her perspective (uses words like I, me, my, mine, our, we, us). What point of view is this?
a) 1st Person
b) 3rd person
c) Omniscient
d) 4th person
What is another name for the main character in the story?
a) Characterization
b) Protagonist
c) Antagonist
d) Theme
What is the antagonist?
a) The main character(s) of a story.
b) A character with little importance in the story.
c) An example of the setting.
d) The character(s) that opposes or is in conflict with the main character.
The most exciting/ intense part of a story is the ______.
a) Climax
b) Antagonist
c) Exposition
d) Rising Action
The sequence of events in a story (the 'map' of a story) is the _____________.
a) Setting
b) Climax
c) Plot
d) Theme
What is the difference between mood and tone in a story
a) The tone is how the reader feels, mood is what the author is trying to convey
b) The mood is the setting of the story, the tone is the plot
c) I don't know
d) Mood is how the reader feels, tone is what the author is trying to convey
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