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7 Grade Language Arts
Short Story/Literary Elements Test
wrt I: Definitions (Literary Elements)
‘Short Answer: Please write the appropriate word on the blank for each definition. (2 points
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Time, place, and physical characteristics of where a
story takes place.
Assigning human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
Force or character working against the main character.
Contrast between what is expected to happen and what
actually exists or happens.
Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject,
Person, animal, or creature in a literary work.
Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom
the audience tends to identify.
Comparison of two unlike things, using like or as,
Hints to the reader as to what may happen later in the
text.
Descriptive language appealing to the senses.
Struggle between character and outside force.
‘Comparison of two things that have some quality in
common, without using like or as.
‘A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.
c effect.
Language used by the author for spe
Struggle within a single character.
Date:
Word Bank:
Allusion
Analogy
Antagonist
Character
Dialect
Dialogue
Exposition
Extemal Conflict
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Internal Conflict
Irony
Metaphor
Mood
Personification
Plot
Protagonist
Satire
Setting,
Simile
Theme
Tone
Word Choice
setting
metaphor
antagonist
allusion
tone
character
protagonist
Analogy
9, Foreshadowing
10. Imagery
11, Extemal Conf
12. Simiie
13. Mood
14. Word Choice
16. internal conti