Test: Elements of Literature Vocabulary - 20 Questions

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  1. Figurative Language
  2. Verbal Irony
  3. Audience
  4. Aim
  5. Round character
  1. a Usually shows many sides of personality and shows growth or maturity in the story
  2. b These are the people who read what a writer writes. A writer should determine who they are writing for before beginning the writing process. EXAMPLE: adults, women, teens, early readers, etc.
  3. c When the author says one thing and means something else
  4. d The purpose or objective of the literature. Some pieces of literature may have more than one. The book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is to tell a story and to entertain the reader
  5. e Expressions that are not usually true, used to create fresh and original descriptions

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. A less important character and the story would not change or would only change slightly if this character were removed
  2. The sequence of events that make up a story; The development of the story line from start to finish.
  3. The atmosphere of the story; The feeling that a literary work conveys to readers
  4. Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject
  5. When the theme is stated directly in the story, an actual sentence or portion of the story is the theme

5 True/False Question

  1. Idiom → The purpose or objective of the literature. Some pieces of literature may have more than one. The book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is to tell a story and to entertain the reader

          

  2. Irony → A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens. When the opposite of what is expected happens in a piece of literary work. Sarcastic humor

          

  3. Style → A manner of writing; involves how something is said rather than what is said

          

  4. Theme → Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

          

  5. Voice → Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

          

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