This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which genre is ..... Similar to comic books, use sequential art to tell a story. A) Graphic Novel. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphic Novel. 2. The passage above describes an example of A) Dramatic irony. B) Figurative irony. C) Analytical irony. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational irony. 3. Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses are called A) Style. B) Mood. C) Imagery. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 4. When an author gives us hints about what is to come in the future so that we can make predictions, we call that:..... A) An external conflict. B) An internal conflict. C) A flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 5. An unreliable narrator ..... A) Can be trusted to tell the truth. B) Cannot be trusted to tell the truth. C) Is often insane. D) Is often insane and therefore cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is often insane and therefore cannot be trusted to tell the truth. 6. The implied meaning of the word that may be different than the dictionary definition. A) Connotation. B) Diction. C) Denotation. D) Citation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 7. The narrator is a character in the story who describes things from their own perspective. A) 2nd person P.O.V. B) Dialogue. C) 3rd person P.O.V. D) 1st person P.O.V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st person P.O.V. 8. Which genre is ..... Stories about science, technology, and the future. A) Nonfiction. B) Historical Fiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science Fiction. 9. Anna describes the events that happen in the beginning, middle and end of the book she just read. This means that she is describing the ..... A) Setting. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 10. In a story, a character struggling is a A) Conflict. B) Flashback. C) Protagonist. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 11. One person struggles against another person A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs. self. D) Man vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. man. 12. The author's message about life is called the ..... A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Resolution. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 13. A young boy gets lost on a camping trip, is an example of what? A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 14. How does Holmes plan to find out about the noise Helen heard? A) To wait outside the room to hear any noise. B) Holmes and Watson switch places with Helen and hide in her room. C) To sleep there for the night. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holmes and Watson switch places with Helen and hide in her room. 15. A state of nervous excitement in the reader A) Motivation. B) Theme. C) Suspense. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 16. Characterization is different from "Character, " because it ..... A) Focuses on the development and change of a character. B) Includes the character's personaity. C) No, they're the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focuses on the development and change of a character. 17. The state of tension and uncertainty caused by a mysterious situation. This encourages the audience to keep reading or watching. A) SUSPENSE. B) TONE. C) MOOD. D) MYSTERY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SUSPENSE. 18. What is the Point of View when the author writes using I, my, we ..... A) Second Person. B) Third Person. C) Fourth Person. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Person. 19. The story is told and by the character's point of view and uses "I" or "me." A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person. 20. A feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainty about what will happen next is called? A) Cliffhanger. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 21. A motif is different from a symbol because a motif ..... A) Is repeated. B) Is fancier. C) Is more important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is repeated. 22. Interruption in present action where the writer goes back in time to explain an earlier event. A) Flashback. B) Symbol. C) Motif. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 23. Narrator that tells his own story using "I" , "my" , "me" A) Omniscient. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Person. 24. A character who does not change in the story is A) Static. B) Narrator. C) Protagonist. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static. 25. Which of the following was not an allusion in "Outta My Way, Grandpa" ? A) Kumbaya. B) Private ryan. C) Cupid. D) God isn't finished with me yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cupid. 26. In the resolution of a story, A) New characters are introduced. B) Mysterious events occur. C) Information about the author is presented. D) All the loose ends of the story are tied up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the loose ends of the story are tied up. 27. PLOT:Falling Action is ..... A) The series of events that occur to build tension, usually foreshadowing and conflict occur here. B) The turning point of the story. C) The part after the turning point where loose ends are tied up. D) The ending point of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The part after the turning point where loose ends are tied up. 28. A person battles something within themselves; no one else is involved A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs nature. D) Man vs self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs self. 29. Choose the correct order of the plot: A) Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution. B) Beginning, middle, ending, climax. C) Somebody, wanted, then, so. D) Character, setting, theme, ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution. 30. The narrator who is present in the story. Uses "we, I, ". A) Antogonist. B) Old man. C) 1st Person. D) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st Person. 31. Which of the following disclose character in literature? A) What they say. B) How they act. C) What they think. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. The author's attitude toward the story, topic, characters, etc. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 33. The author tells the audience directly about the character's personality. A) Indirect characterization. B) Rising action. C) Summary. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct characterization. 34. She could feel the grass between her toes ..... This is an example of ..... A) Fiction. B) Imagery. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 35. The time and location where the action takes place. A) Dialogue. B) Stage Directions. C) Act. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 36. Grandma's house. A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 37. The use of vivid details that appeal to the five senses is called? A) Word Choice. B) Point of View. C) Organization. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 38. This element shows who is narrating the story. It could be a narrator or it could be a character. A) Setting. B) Poetry. C) Point of View. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 39. When you paraphrase you are ..... A) Using a funny phrase. B) Talking to others. C) Writing about the beginning, middle, and end of the text. D) To re-say what the author said in your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To re-say what the author said in your own words. 40. Within the falling action are the ..... A) Results of the climax and events leading to the conclustion. B) Details as to how the story ends. C) Characters, setting, and opening situations in a story. D) Turning points of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Results of the climax and events leading to the conclustion. 41. What provides the backdrop of the story and helps create the mood. A) Point of view. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 42. What device describes sound effects such as "Bang" , "Boom" , or "Clang" ? A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 43. Characters and events are used to represent an abstract concept A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Allegory. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 44. A character that, has few traits and is easily described is ..... A) Round. B) The antagonist. C) The protagonist. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 45. The struggle or main problem that propels the story forward is called what? A) Action. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 46. The point in the plot where you are introduced to characters, setting, and conflict A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 47. Events that lead up the climax are called ..... action events; those that follow the climax are called ..... action events. A) Rising; falling. B) Falling; rising. C) Exposition; resolution. D) Plot; falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising; falling. 48. In "Twilight, " Edward & Jacob battle for Bella's affection.Which type of conflict? A) Character vs Self. B) Character vs Nature. C) Character vs Society. D) Character vs Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character vs Character. 49. This marks the point at which the central conflict is ended or resolved. A) Resolution. B) Plot. C) Resolution. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 50. Information essential to understand the work in the beginning of the story A) Theme. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 51. The setting of a story is: A) Time and place where the action occurs. B) Character changes by the end of the story. C) Interrupt the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past (or future). D) Story is written the order the events actually occurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time and place where the action occurs. 52. The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story. A) Climax. B) Setting. C) Resolution. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 53. POV:we get the story directly from a participant, and the author as intermediary is eliminated A) First person. B) Limited omniscient. C) Objective. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 54. Description you can picture A) Writing. B) Setting. C) Explanation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 55. This element is a feeling that the story gives the reader. It could make you feel sad, happy or scared. A) Paragraphs. B) Characters. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 56. In Charlotte's Web, Wilber feels lonely when first arriving to Mr. Zuckerman's farm. This conflict can best be classified as: A) Character vs. Society. B) Character vs. Time. C) Character vs. Character. D) Character vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character vs. Self. 57. Which Element Would Move The Action In The Story? A) Setting. B) Style. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 58. An indirect reference made to another literary work, event, famous person, religion, art or place. A) Allusion. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 59. I am so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant! A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 60. In the exposition the following is introduced: A) Time, place, environment, characters. B) Time, place, characters. C) Time, place, characters, conflict. D) Time, environment, characters. 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